Selma Lagerlöf - Nobel Prize in Literature — 1909
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Selma Lagerlöf

Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature — 1909
in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings
Citizenship
Sweden Sweden
Languages
Swedish
date of birth
11/20/1858
place of birth
Östra Ämtervik church parish
date of death
3/16/1940
place of death
Östra Ämtervik church parish
Lived
81 years

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educated at
  • Högre lärarinneseminariet
    • start time: 1882
    • end time: 1885
position held
  • seat 7 of the Swedish Academy
    • end time: 3/16/1940
    • start time: 12/20/1914
occupation
  • teacher
  • poet
  • writer
  • translator
  • biographer
  • children's writer
  • novelist
  • prose writer
  • autobiographer
  • folkeskole teacher
field of work
  • women's suffrage in Sweden
  • poetry
notable work
  • Jerusalem
  • The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
  • Gösta Berlings Saga
member of
  • Samfundet De Nio
  • Swedish Academy
  • Svenska hem
work location
  • Stockholm
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