Quick Facts
First female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
Wrote 'The Wonderful Adventures of Nils'
First woman Nobel laureate: Lagerlöf's 'Nils' flew literature to new heights.
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Life Journey
1858Born in 1858
Selma Lagerlöf was born in 1858.
1940Died in 1940
Selma Lagerlöf passed away in 1940 at the age of 82.