August Strindberg
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Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than 60 plays and m
August Strindberg
The school in Klara, Stockholm, whose harsh discipline haunted Strindberg in his adult life
Portrait of Strindberg in 1874, age 25
Strindberg, 1875.
Siri von Essen
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Sigrid "Siri" Sofia Matilda Elisabet von Essen was a Swedish-speaking Finnish noblewoman and actress. Her acting career spanned about 15 years, during which time she appeared in a number of plays that
August Strindberg
…with writers, painters, journalists, and other librarians; they often met in the Red Room in Bern's Restaurant. Early in the summer of 1875, he met Siri von Essen, a 24-year-old aspiring actress who, by virtue of her husband, was a baroness – he became infatuated with her. Strindberg described himself as a "failed…
Siri von Essen in 1880