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Novelist
Selma Lagerlöf
Famoose for
Writing The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and becoming the first woman to win the literature Nobel.
Gösta Berling’s Saga · Jerusalem
- Born
- 20 November 1858
- Birthplace
- Mårbacka, Sweden
- Died
- 16 March 1940
More people
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf was a Swedish writer whose fiction drew on folklore, landscape and vividly imagined communities.
Early life
Värmland
Grew up at her family’s Mårbacka estate.
Training
Qualified as a teacher in Stockholm.
Career
- 1880s
Teaching
Taught in Landskrona while writing.
- 1891
Debut novel
Published Gösta Berling’s Saga.
- 1909
Nobel Prize
Became the first female literature laureate.
Selected work
Gösta Berling’s Saga
Wove legends around a defrocked priest.
Jerusalem
Followed a rural religious community.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Sent a boy across Sweden with wild geese.
Beyond work
Swedish Academy
Became its first woman member in 1914.
Mårbacka
Bought back her family home and surrounding estate.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Nobel Prize biography and award ↗Photo: See source. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
