Karin Smirnov

Karin Smirnov or Smirnoff (née Strindberg; 26 February 1880 – 10 May 1973) was a Finland-Swedish writer. She was the daughter of August Strindberg and Siri von Essen.¹

Smirnov was a socialist; she married Russian Bolshevik Vladimir Smirnov. She wrote plays and also books about her mother and father, and their marriage. She lived in Finland from 1893 to 1918 and in Sweden from 1918 onwards.

Karin and Vladimir Smirnov at the City of Stockholm's celebration in the City Hall to commemorate August Strindberg's 100th birth anniversary, 1949. source ↗

Works

Under ansvar (1915)²
Vårbrytning (1915)
Makter (1922)
Ödesmärkt (1923)
Riddaren och jungfrun (1924)
Strindbergs första hustru [Siri von Essen] (1925)
En tvetydig historia (1927)
Första akten (1930)
Bröderna i Vidala kloster (1940)
Systrarna i Nådendals kloster. 1 (by Hannes Bernson, 1948)
Systrarna i Nådendals kloster. 2 (by Hannes Bernson, 1949)
Så var det i verkligheten (1956)

References

Sveriges dödbok 1901–2009 Swedish death index 1901–2009 (Version 5.0 ed.). Solna: Sveriges Släktforskarförbund. 2010. LIBRIS: 11931231.
"Smirnoff, Karin". Writers in Finland 1809–1916 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura och Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. 1993. p. 711. ISBN 951-717-714-3.

[1] Sveriges dödbok 1901–2009 Swedish death index 1901–2009 (Version 5.0 ed.). Solna: Sveriges Släktforskarförbund. 2010. LIBRIS: 11931231.

[2] "Smirnoff, Karin". Writers in Finland 1809–1916 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura och Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. 1993. p. 711. ISBN 951-717-714-3.

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