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

Smirnov was a socialist; she married Russian Bolshevik . 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.

Works

• Under ansvar (1915)

• 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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