Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (, US also , 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. In 1914, she was the first woman to be granted a membership of the Swedish Academy.
Lagerlöf, Selma (1858 - 1940)
Other languages: Lagerlöf, Selma (norwegian bokmål), Lagerlöf, Selma (swedish), Lagerlöf, Selma (estonian), Lagerlöf, Selma (french), Lagerlöf, Selma (german)
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Selma Lagerlöf is a world-famous author. In 1909 she became the first woman to be awarded the Nobel prize for literature. Later she became an icon of the suffragette movement in Sweden and worldwide.
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Selma
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Ottilia Lovisa
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Lagerlöf
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Selma Lagerlöf is a world-famous author. In 1909 she became the first woman to be awarded the Nobel prize for literature. Later she became an icon of the suffragette movement in Sweden and worldwide.
English
Selma Lagerlöfs författarskap tillhör världslitteraturens klassiker. År 1909 var hon den första kvinna som erhöll Nobelpriset i litteratur. I Sveige hade hon en framskjuten position och var första kvinnan i många sammanhang. Hon blev en ikon för rösträttsrörelsen i Sverige och internationellt.
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Selma Lagerlöf
var en svensk forfatter, nobelprisvinner og det første kvinnelige medlem av Svenska Akademien. Lagerlöfs skrivemåte har hatt stor betydning for utviklingen av moderne svensk fortellerstil, og hennes mest kjente romaner er Gösta Berlings saga (1891) og Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige...
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