Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf (1858 – 1940) — Sweden, writing in Swedish. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1909.
“in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings” — The Nobel Committee citation
About Selma Lagerlöf
Swedish novelist who combined folklore, regional landscape and modern storytelling. She was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature and later the first elected to the Swedish Academy.