

Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author and teacher. She published her first novel, Gösta Berling's Saga, at the age of 33. She was the first Swede, and the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature which she was awarded in 1909. Additionally, she was the first woman to be granted a membership in The Swedish Academy.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1909: "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings"
Swedish:
Bosatt på Mårbacka, Östra Ämtervik (S).
1858 |
November 20, 1858
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Ö. Emtervik
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1909 |
1909
Age 50
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Fick Nobelpriset i litteratur 1909 (Sveriges första kvinnliga pristagerska av Nobelpriset)
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1940 |
March 16, 1940
Age 81
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Mårbacka, Östra Ämtervik, (S), Värmland, Sweden
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March 23, 1940
Age 81
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Östra Ämtervik, Värmland
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