Selma Lagerlöf

1858 - 1940

country of citizenship: Sweden

native language: Swedish

languages spoken, written or signed: Swedish

occupation: novelist, children's writer, biographer, teacher, poet, writer, prosaist, translator, autobiographer, author

award received: Nobel Prize in Literature, honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala, Order of the Three Stars, 3rd Class, Litteris et Artibus, Knight of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav‎, Officer of the Order of Leopold

position held: seat 7 of the Swedish Academy

official website: www.selmalagerlof.org

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. Additionally, she was the first woman to be granted a membership in the Swedish Academy in 1914. Source: Wikipedia (en)