Johan August Strindberg (, ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than sixty plays and more than thirty works of fiction, autobiography, history, cultural analysis, and politics during his career, which spanned four decades. A bold experimenter and iconoclast throughout, he explored a wide range of dramatic methods and purposes, from naturalistic tragedy, monodrama, and history plays, to his anticipations of expressionist and surrealist dramatic techniques. From his earliest work, Strindberg developed innovative forms of dramatic action, language, and visual composition. He is considered the "father" of modern Swedish literature and his The Red Room (1879) has frequently been described as the first modern Swedish novel. In Sweden, Strindberg is known as an essayist, painter, poet, and especially as a novelist and playwright, but in other countries he is known mostly as a
Johan August Strindberg (; 22 de enero de 184914 de mayo de 1912) fue un dramaturgo, novelista, poeta, ensayista y pintor sueco. Un prolífico escritor que a menudo se centró directamente en su experiencia personal, Strindberg escribió más de sesenta piezas y más de treinta obras de ficción, autobiografía, historia, análisis cultural y política durante su carrera, que abarcó cuatro décadas. Un audaz experimentador e iconoclasta a lo largo de su vida, exploró una amplia gama de métodos dramáticos y propósitos, desde la tragedia naturalista, monodrama, y piezas de historia, a sus expectativas de expresionista y surrealista técnicas dramáticas. Desde su trabajo más temprano, Strindberg desarrolló formas innovadoras de acción dramática, lenguaje y composición visual. Se considera el "padre" de la literatura sueca moderna y su Sala Roja (1879) a menudo ha sido descrita como la primera novela sueca moderna. En Suecia, Strindberg es conocido como un pintor, como un poeta, especialmente en otros países, pero