Autographs. AUGUST STRINDBERG (22 January 1849 – 14 May 1912) was a world famous Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. Cover franked with 5 öre Oscar II, handwritten by Strindberg containing his own card and sent locally in Gothenburg on Febr. 20 1892 after his visit to "Sällskapet Gnistan".