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Why did August Strindberg write the satirical novel Black Banners?
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August Strindberg
Swedish playwright August Strindberg.
August Strindberg wrote the satirical novel Svarta Fanor (1907; "Black Banners") as a result of the renewed bitterness he experienced following his separation from his third wife, the Norwegian actress Harriet Bosse.1
In this work, Strindberg used his writing to attack what he perceived as the vices and follies of the literary coteries in Stockholm at the time.1