August Strindberg bibliography

This is a list of August Strindberg's written works.

## Bibliography

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### Drama

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Plays

Year  | Title  | Type
1869  | En namnsdagsgåva (A Namesday Gift)  | Three-act
Fritänkaren (The Free Thinker)  | Three-act
1870  | I Rom (In Rome)  | One-act
1871  | Hermione | Five-act
Den fredlöse (The Outlaw)  | One-act
1872  | Mäster Olof (Master Olof)  | Five-Act
1880  | Gillets hemlighet (The Secret of the Guild)  | Four-Act
1881  | Anno fyrtiåtta (In the Year 1848)  | Four-act
1882  | Lycko-Pers resa (Lucky Peter's Travels)  | Five-act
Herr Bengt's hustru ("Sir Bengt's Wife")  | Five-act
1886  | Marodörer (Marauders)  |
1887  | The Father | Three-act
Hemsöborna (Strindberg's adaption from his novel Natives of Hemsö)  | Four-act
1888  | Kamraterna (Comrades), adapted from Strindberg's Marodoerer with Axel Lundegard  | Four-act
Fröken Julie (Miss Julie)  | One-act
1889  | Fordringsägare (Creditors)  | One-act
Den starkare (The Stronger)  | One-act
Paria (Pariah)  | One-act
1890  | Samum | One-act
1892  | Debet och kredit | One-act
Himmelrikets nycklar; eller, Sankte Per vandrar pa jorden ( The Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven or  St. Peter Wanders on Earth)  | Five-act
Inför döden (Facing Death)  | One-act
Moderskärlek (Motherly Love)  | One-act
1893  | Bandet (The Bond and the Link)  | One-act
Leka med elden (Playing with Fire)  | One-act
Första varningen (The First Warning)  | One-act
1898  | Till Damaskus, första delen (To Damascus, I)  | Seven scenes
Till Damaskus, andra delen (To Damascus, II)  | Four-act
Advent: Ett mysterium (Advent)  | Five-act
1899  | Vid högre rätt (At a Higher Court)

Advent: Ett mysterium
Brott och brott (There Are Crimes and Crimes)

Gustav Vasa | Five-act
Erik XIV | Four-act
Folkungasagan (The Saga of the Folkungs)  | Five-act
1900  | Gustaf Adolf | Five-act
Påsk (Easter)  | Three-act
1901  | Engelbrekt | Four-act
Midsommar (Midsummer)  | six tableaux
Kristina | Four-act
Dödsdansen (The Dance of Death)  | Two-Act
Kronbruden (The Bridal Crown)  | Six-part
Svanevit | Three-act
Ett drömspel (A Dream Play)  | Fourteen scenes
Kaspers fet-tisdag (Casper's Shrove Tuesday)  | One-act
Carl XII |
1902  | Gustav III | Four-act
1903  | The World History Plays

Näktergalen i Wittenberg (The Nightingale of Wittenberg), five-act
Through Deserts to Ancestral Lands
Hellas
The Lamb and the Beast

1904  | Till Damaskus, tredje delen (To Damascus, III)  | Four-act
1907  | The Chamber Plays, 1907

Oväder (The Storm) or (Storm Weather)
Brända tomten (The Burned Site) or (The Burned House)
Spöksonaten (The Ghost Sonata) or (Spook Sonata)
Pelikanen (The Pelican)

1908  | Abu Casems tofflor (Abu Casem's Slippers)  |
Sista riddaren (The Last of the Knights)  | Five-act
1909  | Bjälbo-Jarlen (Earl Birger of Bjälbo)  | Five-act
Riksföreståndaren (The Regents)  | Five-act
Stora landsvägen (The Great Highway)  | Verse
Svarta handsken (The Black Glove)  | Five-act

### Posthumous

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* The growth of a soul, translated by Claud Field, 1913
* På gott och ont (Of Good and Evil), 1914
* Genom öknar till arvland; eller, Moses (Through the Wilderness to the Promised Land; or, Moses) (Through Deserts to Ancestral Lands ), twenty-one tableaux, 1918
* Hellas; eller, Sokrates (Hellas; or, Socrates) (Hellas ), nineteen tableaux, 1918
* Lammet och vilddjuret; eller, Kristus (The Lamb and the Wild Beast; or, Christ) (The Lamb and the Beast ), fifteen tableaux, 1918
* Toten-Insel (Isle of the Dead), one scene, 1918
* Han och hon: En själs utvecklingshistoria (He and She: A soul's development history), 1919
* Efterspelet (Epilogue), 1920
* Strindbergs brev till Harriet Bosse: Natur & Kultur, 1932
* August Strindbergs och Ola Hanssons brevvåxling, 1938
* Åttitalsnoveller (Stories of the eighties), 1959
* Det sjunkande Hellas (Greece in Decline), three-act verse, 1960
* Brev till min dotter Kerstin, letters, 1961
* Ur ockulta dagboken, journals, 1963, edited by Torsten Eklund
* Hövdingaminnen, illustrations by Otte Sköld, 1963

### Translations and adaptions

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* Den starkare (1906), translated by Francis J. Ziegler as The Stronger in Poet Lore (V.17, n.1)
* Svanevit (1909), translated by Francis J. Ziegler as Swanwhite
* Fordringsägare (1910), translated by Francis J. Ziegler as The Creditor
* Moderskärlek (1910), translated by Francis J. Ziegler as Mother Love
* Inför döden  (1911), translated by Olive Johnson as Facing Death
* Fröken Julie (1912), translated by Charles Recht as Countess Julia
* Paria (1912), translated by Bjoerkman and published in Plays by August Strindberg: Creditors, Pariah
* Le Plaidoyer d'un fou (1912), translated by Ellie Schleussner as  The Confession of a Fool
* Inferno (1912), translated by Claud Field as The Inferno
* Giftas (1913), translated by Ellie Schleussner as Married
* Tjänstekvinnans son (1913), translated by Claud Field as The Son of a Servant, intro by Henry Vacher-Burch
* I havsbandet (1913), translated by Elizabeth Clarke Westergren as On the Seaboard: A Novel of the Baltic Islands
* Historiska miniatyrer (1913), translated by Claud Field as Historical Miniatures
* I havsbandet (1913), translated by Ellie Schleussner as By the Open Sea
* En blå bok (1913), translated by Claud Field as Zones of the Spirit: A Book of Thoughts, intro by Arthur Babillotte
* Samum (1914), translated by Horace B. Samuel and published in Paria [and] Simoon
* Advent: Ett mysterium (1914), translated by Claud Field as Advent
* På gott och ont (1914), translated by Claud Field as The Martyr of Stockholm
* Sagor (1930), translated by L. J. Potts as Tales
* Erik XIV (1931), translated by Joan Bulman and published in Master Olof and Other Plays
* Fröken Julie (1950), translated by C. D. Locock as Lady Julie
* Kristina,Carl XII, and Gustav III (1955), translated by W. Johnson and published in Queen Christina, Charles XII, [and] Gustav III
* Gustav Adolf (1957), translated by Walter Johnson as Gustav Adolf
* Påsk (1957), translated by Elizabeth Sprigge as Easter
* Hemsöborna (1959), translated by Elspeth Harley Schubert as The People of Hemso
* Öppna brev till Intima Teatern (1959), translated by W. Johnson as Open Letters to the Intimate Theatre
* Strindbergs brev till Harriet Bosse: Natur & Kultur (1959), translated by Arvid Paulson as Letters of Strindberg to Harriet Bosse
* Fröken Julie (1961), translated by E. M. Sprinchorn as Miss Julie
* Inferno (1912), translated by Mary Sandbach as Inferno
* Leka med elden (1963), translated by Michael Meyer as Playing With Fire
* Fröken Julie (1965), adapted by Ned Rorem as Miss Julie (opera)
* Hemsöborna (1965), translated by Arvid Paulson as Natives of Hemsö
* Ur ockulta dagboken (1965), translated by Mary Sandbach as From an Occult Diary: Marriage with Harriet Bosse
* Dödsdansen (1966), translated by Norman Ginsbury as The Dance of Death
* Tjänstekvinnans son (1966) translated by E. M. Sprinchorn as The Son of a Servant: The Story of the Evolution of a Human Being (1849–1867)
* Le Plaidoyer d'un fou (1967), translated by E. M. Sprinchorn as A Madman's Defense
* Syndabocken (1967), translated by Arvid Paulson as The Scapegoat
* Le Plaidoyer d'un fou (1968), translated by Anthony Swerling as A Madman's Manifesto
* Dance of Death (film) (1969), film starring Laurence Olivier
* Klostret (1969), translated by Mary Sandbach as The Cloister
* Miss Julie (1971); this version starred Helen Mirren
* Ensam (1971), translated by Arvid Paulson as Days of Loneliness
* Giftas (1972), translated by Mary Sandbach as Getting Married
* Sömngångarnätter och vakna dagar (verse) (1978) adapted by Arvid Paulson as Sleepwalking Nights and Wide-Awake Days and Biographical
* Taklagsöl (1987), translated by David Mel Paul and Margareta Paul in The Roofing Ceremony and The Silver Lake (another short story by Strindberg)
* Motherly Love / Pariah / The First Warning (1987), translated by Eivor Martinus. Amber Lane Press.
* En häxa (1991), translated by Mary Sandbach as A Witch
* The Chamber Plays (2004), translated by Eivor Martinus. Amber Lane Press.
* Kaspers Fet-Tisdag – ett Fastlagspel (2011), translated by Jonathan Howard as Casper's Fat Tuesday
* Herr Bengts hustru (2011), translated by Laurence Carr and Malin Tybåhl as Mr. Bengt’s Wife
* Erik XIV (2011), Karl II (2012) and Gustav Adolf (2013), translated by Wendy Weckwerth

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### Poetry, fiction, other, autobiography and other

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Poster by Axel Törneman for a 1911 poetry collection published by Albert Bonniers Förlag

* From Fjerdingen and Svartbäcken, short stories, 1877
* The Red Room, novel, 1879
* Gamla Stockholm (Old Stockholm), with Claes Lundin, cultural history, 1880
* I Vårbrytningen: Ungdomsarbeten, for children, Volumes I-VI, 1881
* Kulturhistoriska studier, 1881
* Dikter och verkligheter (Poems and Realities), verse and prose, 1881
* Svenska folket i helg och söcken, i krig och i fred, hemma och ute; eller, Ett tusen år av svenska bildningens och sedernas historia (The Swedish People on Holy Day and Everyday, in War and Peace, at Home and Abroad; or, A Thousand Years of the History of Swedish Culture and Manners), illustrations by Carl Larsson and C. E. Fritze, Volume I, 1881 and volume II, 1882
* Det nya riket (The New Kingdom), essay, 1882
* Svenska öden och äventyr (Swedish Destinies and Adventures), novel, 1883
* Dikter på vers och prosa (Poems in Verse and Prose), 1883
* Likt och olikt, 1884
* Sömngångarnätter och vakna dagar (verse), 1884
* August Strindbergs lilla katekes för underklassen, ≈1884
* Giftas (Married), two volumed short stories, Schleussner 1884–1886
* Kvarstadsresan (Journey into Detention), autobiography, 1885
* Utopier i verkligheten (Utopias in Reality), short stories, 1885
* Jäsningstiden (Time of Ferment), autobiographical novel, 1886
* Tjänstekvinnans son (The Son of a Servant), autobiography, 1886–1909
* Hemsöborna (The People of Hemsö), novel, 1887
* Vivisectioner, (Vivisections), essays includes On Psychic Murder, 1887
* Blomstermaalningar och djurstycken ungdomen tillaegnade (Flowers and Animals), popular science, 1888
* The Defence of a Fool (Le Plaidoyer d'un fou), 1888
* Tschandala, novel, 1888
* Skaerkarlslif: Beraettelser (Life in the Skerries), short story, 1888
* Bland franska boender (Among French Peasants), non-fiction, 1889
* Om modern drama och modern teater (On Modern Drama and the Modern Theatre), essay, 1889
* En haxa (A Witch), novel, 1890
* I havsbandet, novel, 1890
* Tryckt och otryckt (Printed and unprinted), plays, essays, and other writings, 1890–1897
* Les Relations de la France avec la Suede jusqu'a nos jours, 1891
* Antibarbarus, essays, 1892
* Jardin des plantes (Botanical Gardens), science, 1896
* Hortus Merlini: Lettres sur la chimie; Sylva sylvarum, 1897
* Inferno, novel/autobiography, 1897
* Svensk natur (Swedish Nature), 1897
* Legender (Legends: Autobiographical Sketches), 1898
* Klostret (Monastery), novel,1898
* Typer och prototyper inom mineralkemien: Festskrift till firandet af Berzelii femtioaarsminne, 1898
* Jakob brottas (Jacob Wrestling), journal, 1898
* Samvetsqval (Remorse), 1899
* Vaerldshistoriens mystik ((The Mysticism (or Mystique or Hidden Meaning) of World History)), essay, 1901
* Fagervik och Skamsund (Fair Haven and Foul Strand), 1902
* Ensam (Alone), novella, 1903
* Sagor (Fairy tales), stories, 1903
* Oeppna brev till Intima Teatern, essays, 1903
* Götiska rummen (Gothic Rooms), novel, 1904
* Historiska miniatyrer (Historical Thumbnails), fiction, 1905
* Ordalek och smaakonst (Word Play and Miniature Art), poems, 1905
* Taklagsoel, novella, 1907
* Syndabocken, novella, 1907
* Svarta fanor (Black Banners), novel, 1907
* Kammarspel, 1907
* En blaa bok (A Blue Book), essays and journal entries, four volumes, 1907–1912
* Fabler och smårre beråttelser (Fables and Minor Stories), 1909
* Shakespeares Macbeth, Othello, Romeo och Julia, Stormen, Kung Lear, Henrik VIII, En Midsommarnattsdröm (Shakespeare's Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, King Lear, Henry VIII, A Midsummer Night's Dream), 1909
* Tal till Svenska Nationen om olust i landet, levernet, litteraturen och laerdomen ... Sjunde upplagan (Speeches to the Swedish Nation), 1910
* Författaren: En sjåls utvecklingshistoria (Author: A psychic development history), 1910
* Folkstaten: Studier till en stundande författningsrevision (People's State: Studies in a forthcoming Constitutional Court), 1910
* Modersmaalets anor (The Origins of Our Mother Tongue), essay,1910
* Vaerldspraakens roetter (The Roots of World Languages), 1910
* Religioes renaessans (Religious Renaissance), 1910
* Kina och Japan: Studier (China and Japan Studies), 1911
* Kinesiska språkets hårkomst (Chinese language descent), 1912
* Samlade skrifter (Collected Works), fifty-five volumes, edited by John Landquist

## See also

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* List of paintings by August Strindberg

## Notes

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1. ^ Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research. 2010. ISBN 978-0-7876-3995-2.
2. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Strindberg, August" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1038.

## Resources

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* Nolin, Bertil (1999). Theatre Research International. New York City, New York: Cambridge University Press. ISSN 0307-8833.
* Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale. 2010. ISBN 978-0-7876-3995-2.

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August Strindberg

* Bibliography
* Paintings

Drama works|

* The Outlaw
* Master Olof
* The Father
* Miss Julie
* Creditors
* Pariah
* The Stronger
* To Damascus
* Easter
* The Dance of Death
* A Dream Play
* The Ghost Sonata
* The Great Highway

Prose works|

* The Red Room
* Getting Married
* The Son of a Servant
* The People of Hemsö
* The Defence of a Fool
* Inferno
* Alone

Social criticism|

* August Strindberg's Little Catechism for the Underclass

Paintings|

* List of paintings
* The Town (1903)

Adaptations|

| Miss Julie|

* The Sin of Julia
* 1951 film
* Rorem opera
* Alwyn opera
* 1999 film
* After Miss Julie
* Julie
* 2014 film

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Others|

* The Stronger
* Karin Månsdotter
* Play Strindberg
* Pita
* Dance of Death
* Dreamplay
* Katha Sagar

Related|

* Siri von Essen (first wife)
* Frida Uhl (second wife)
* Harriet Bosse (third wife)
* Karin Smirnov (daughter)
* Strindbergs Intima Teater
* Strindberg Museum
* Strindbergmuseum Saxen
* August Strindberg Repertory Theatre

Researchers|

* Martin Lamm
* John Landquist
* Gunnar Brandell
* Sven Stolpe
* Olof Lagercrantz
* Gunnar Ollén
* Jan Myrdal
* Lars Dahlbäck
* Kerstin Dahlbäck
* Egil Törnqvist
* Ulf Olsson
* Alice Rasmussen

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