Selma Ottolia Lovisa Lagerlöf

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1909

Author. Lofty idealism, vivid imagination. Described peasant life, Nordic nature accompanied by ethical strength, deep religious feeling. Respect for Nature, Women's Causes. 1914, became member of the Swedish Academy which awards Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Biography

Nobel prize for Literature won by Swedish Woman.

Title:

Selma Lagerlöf: the woman, her work, her message, including liberal quotation from Dr. Lagerlöf's own autobiographical writings and from some of her critics

Author:

Harry Edward Maule

Publisher:

Doubleday, Page & Company, 1917

Language:

English

Length:

87 pages

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Name: Selma Ottolia Lovisa Lagerlöf
Birth: 20 November 1858, Mårbacka, Sweden
Death: 16 March 1940, Mårbacka, Swedenrbacka, Sweden
Residence when prize awarded: Sweden
Prize Motivation: "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings"
Field: Prose
Language: Swedish
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