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{{Short description|Finnish-Swedish writer (1880–1973)}}
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[[File:Karin Smirnoff.jpg|thumb|Smirnov in 1927|331x331px]]
'''Karin Smirnov''' or '''Smirnoff''' ({{née|'''Strindberg'''}}; 26 February 1880 – 10 May 1973) was a [[Swedish-speaking population of Finland|Finno-Swedish]] writer. She was the daughter of [[August Strindberg]] and [[Siri von Essen]].<ref>{{cite book|date=2010 |edition=Version 5.0 |id=[[LIBRIS]]:&nbsp;[http://libris.kb.se/bib/11931231 11931231] |location=Solna |publisher=[[Sveriges Släktforskarförbund]] |ref=CITEREFSveriges_dödbok2009 |title=[[Sveriges dödbok]] 1901–2009 Swedish death index 1901–2009}}<!-- auto-translated from Swedish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

Smirnov was a [[Socialism|socialist]]; she married [[Russians|Russian]] [[Bolshevik]] {{ill|Vladimir Smirnov (consul)|sv|Vladimir M. Smirnoff|lt=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. 
[[File:Karin och Wladimir Smirnoff 1949.jpg|thumb|238x238px|Karin and Vladimir Smirnov at the City of Stockholm's celebration in the City Hall to commemorate August Strindberg's 100th birth anniversary, 1949.]]

==Works==
* ''Under ansvar'' (1915)<ref>{{Writers in Finland 1809-1916}}</ref>
* ''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)

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