Born: 22 January 1849 · Died: 14 May 1912 · Age at death: 63
How old was August Strindberg when he died?
August Strindberg died aged 63. He was born on 22 January 1849 and died on 14 May 1912.
Swedish dramatist whose naturalistic and expressionist plays transformed modern theatre, though his novels and essays also shaped Swedish literature
Quick facts
Date of birth22 January 1849
Date of death14 May 1912
Age at death63
NationalitySwedish
BirthplaceStockholm, Sweden
Editor's Take:
Strindberg bridged theatrical movements that typically exclude one another. His naturalistic dramas rejected Ibsen's well-made structures whilst embracing Zola's manifesto. After his Inferno crisis hospitalization, he pivoted toward dream plays that abolished conventional time and space. This restless experimentation made him both father of modern Swedish literature and an architect of expressionism. The four-decade span from his first rejection in 1872 to his death in 1912 encompassed radical formal innovation. His chamber plays at the Intimate Theatre demonstrated how small-scale staging could contain vast psychological ambition. Sweden claimed him as novelist and essayist; the world knew him primarily as dramatist.
Key Milestones
1872: Royal Theatre rejected his play Master Olof
1881: Achieved theatrical breakthrough with Master Olof première
1889: Founded Scandinavian Experimental Theatre in Copenhagen
1898: Returned to playwriting with To Damascus
Johan August Strindberg (Swedish:; 22 January 1849 – 14 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, and painter.
August Strindberg's birthday is January 22. He was born on January 22, 1849 in Stockholm, Sweden.
How old was August Strindberg when he died?
August Strindberg died on May 14, 1912, aged 63.
Who shares a birthday with August Strindberg?
Famous people who share August Strindberg's January 22 birthday include Lord Byron, Francis Bacon, Antonio Gramsci, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and John Donne.
