Strindberg

[ strind-burg, strin-; Swedish strin-bar-yuh ]
/ ˈstrɪnd bɜrg, ˈstrɪn-; Swedish ˈstrɪnˌbær yə /

noun

Jo·han Au·gust [yoo-hahn ou-goo st] /ˈyu hɑn ˈaʊ gʊst/,1849–1912, Swedish novelist, dramatist, and essayist.

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Strindberg
/ (ˈstrɪndbɜːɡ, Swedish ˈstrɪndbærj) /

noun

August (ˈauɡʊst). 1849–1912, Swedish dramatist and novelist, whose plays include The Father (1887), Miss Julie (1888), and The Ghost Sonata (1907)
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