Selma Lagerlöf

Known for Writing

Selma Lagerlöf's portrait

Details

Birthday: November 20, 1858

Deathday: March 16, 1940

Place of birth: Mårbacka, Värmland, Sweden

Biography

Selma Lagerlof (20 November 1858–16 March 1940) was a famous Swedish novelist. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.