Selma Lagerlöf
Novelist, Author
1858 – 1940
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Who was Selma Lagerlöf?
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige.
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- Born
- Nov 20, 1858
Mårbacka - Also known as
- Selma Lagerlof
- Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf
- Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlof
- Lagerlöf, Selma
- Selma Lagerloef
- Parents
- Siblings
- Ethnicity
- Swedes
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Profession
- Education
- Doctor of Letters, Uppsala University
( - 1907)
- Doctor of Letters, Uppsala University
- Lived in
- Värmland
- Landskrona
- Falun
(1897 - )
- Died
- Mar 16, 1940
Mårbacka
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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