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August Strindberg
Swedish playwright August Strindberg.
August Strindberg left Stockholm in 1883 primarily due to the intense backlash following the publication of his work Det nya riket ("The New Kingdom"), which was a withering satire of contemporary Swedish society. Following the release of this work, he departed Stockholm with his family and spent the next six years traveling restlessly across the European continent.1