What is Selma Lagerlöf?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Selma Lagerlöf <!-- do not add image icons such as nobel peace, see [[:Template:Infobox writer]] --> | image = Selma Lagerlöf.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Selma Lagerlöf, 1909 | pseudonym = | birth_name=Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf | birth_date = {{birth date|1858|11|20|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Mårbacka]], [[Sweden]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1940|3|16|1858|11|20|df=y}} | death_place = Mårbacka, Sweden | occupation = Writer | nationality = [[Sweden|Swedish]] | awards = {{awd|[[Nobel Prize in Literature]]|1909}}<!-- do not add image icons such as nobel peace, see [[:Template:Infobox writer]] --> }} '''Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf''' ({{IPA-sv|ˈsɛlˈma ˈlɑːɡə(r)ˈløːv|lang|sv-Selma_Lagerlöf.ogg}}; born 20 November 1858, dead 16 March 1940, She was 81 years old. Was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] writer. In 1909, she was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1909/|title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1909|publisher=Discogs|language=English|date=1909|accessdate=23 December 2014}}</ref> becoming the first woman to do so. She is mostly known for her [[children's literature|children's book]] ''Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige'' (''[[The Wonderful Adventures of Nils]]''). She also worked for [[women's rights]]. ==Related pages== *[[List of Swedish-language writers]] == References == {{Reflist}} {{commonscat-inline|Selma Lagerlöf}} {{s-start}} {{succession box|title=[[Swedish Academy]],<br>[[List of members of the Swedish Academy#Seat 7|Seat No.7]]|before=[[Albert Theodor Gellerstedt]]|after=[[Hjalmar Gullberg]]|years=1914-1940}} {{s-end}} {{Nobel Prize in Literature}} {{Nobelprize|Literature}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lagerlof, Selma}} [[Category:1858 births]] [[Category:1940 deaths]] [[Category:LGBT Nobel Prize winners]] [[Category:LGBT writers]] [[Category:Swedish writers]] [[Category:Swedish Nobel Prize winners]]