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Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf ( / ˈlɑːɡərlɜːf, - lɜːv /, US also /- lʌv, - ləv /, [1] [2] Swedish: [ˈsɛ̂lːma ˈlɑ̂ːɡɛˌɭøːv] ⓘ; 20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish writer. She published her first novel, Gösta Berling's Saga, at the age of 33. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she was awarded in 1909.
Selma Lagerlöf (born Nov. 20, 1858, Mårbacka, Sweden—died March 16, 1940, Mårbacka) was a novelist who in 1909 became the first woman and also the first Swedish writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Learn about the life and works of Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature for her novel Gösta Berlings Saga. Explore her biography, major publications, and Nobel Lecture on NobelPrize.org.
Mar 8, 2018 · Learn about the life and works of Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman and first Swede to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Explore her novels, stories, poems, and social activism.
- Jone Johnson Lewis
Learn about the life and work of Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1909. Discover how she drew inspiration from folk tales and legends of her native Sweden.
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (1858-1940) was a Swedish author. In 1909 she became the first woman to ever receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings".
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf ( [ˈsɛ̂lːma ˈlɑ̂ːɡɛˌɭøːv] ( lyssna) ), född den 20 november 1858 på Mårbacka i Östra Ämterviks församling i Värmlands län, [ 1] död 16 mars 1940 på Mårbacka i Östra Ämterviks församling i Värmlands län, var en svensk författare .
