Lagerlöf, Selma Ottiliana Lovisa
Swedish novelist. Her first work was the romantic historical novel Gösta Berling's saga/The Story of Göst Berling (1891). The children's fantasy Nils Holgerssons underbara resa/The Wonderful Voyage of Nils Holgersson (1906–07) grew from her background as a schoolteacher. She was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1909.
Her other works include Osynliga länkar/Invisible Links (1894), Antikrists mirakler/The Miracles of Antichrist (1897), Herr Arnes penningar/Herr Arne's Hoard (1904), Jerusalem (1901–02), Bannlyst/The Outcast (1918), Löwensköldska ringen/The Ring of Löwenskölds (1925), and Dagbok/The Diary of Selma Lagerlöf (1932).
Her other works include Osynliga länkar/Invisible Links (1894), Antikrists mirakler/The Miracles of Antichrist (1897), Herr Arnes penningar/Herr Arne's Hoard (1904), Jerusalem (1901–02), Bannlyst/The Outcast (1918), Löwensköldska ringen/The Ring of Löwenskölds (1925), and Dagbok/The Diary of Selma Lagerlöf (1932).
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