Selma Lagerlöf

Selma Lagerlöf receives the Nobel Prize in Literature
from the hands of the Swedish King Gustav V
illustration from Svenska Dagbladet, 11 December 1909
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Selma_Lagerlof_nobel_prize_illustration.png)
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Today (November 20) is the birthday of her. Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was born in 1858 and passed away in 1940. The first female writer to win the Nobel for Literature, she remained known for her Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige - The Wonderful Adventures of Nils


(German and Nordic Literature)