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Lagerlöf, Selma Otti
(1858-1940) Swedish writer. Selma Otti Lagerlöf turned away from the literary realism and wrote in a romantic and imaginative manner, vividly evoking the peasant life and landscape of Northern Sweden. She received the 1909 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Selma Lagerlof (1858-1940) was a Swedish writer, who became the first woman writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her stories were informed by Nordic myth and legend. Here are a few quotes from Selma Lagerlof.
Selma Lagerlöf (1858 - 1940)
Nobel Prize in Literature 1909. With links to prize presentation, biography and acceptance speech.