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Selma Lagerlöf
AuthorBooks · Second hand1858-1940
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf 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. In 1914, she was the first woman to be granted a membership of the Swedish Academy.
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Birth
1858
Death
1940
First book
1891
Years writing
49
Selma Lagerlöf was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1909.
Her most iconic work, The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, began as a pedagogical project to teach geography to Swedish children.
Before achieving fame as a writer, she dedicated much of her life to working as a schoolteacher.
Her narrative is deeply rooted in the folklore and traditional legends of her native Sweden.
Throughout her prolific career, she wrote over 800 works ranging from novels to poetry and biography.