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BIOGRAPHY
Selma Ottiliana Lovisa Lagerlof, recipient of the 1909 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Marbacka, Sweden. Her father was a former army officer, and she was reared primarily by her grandmother. She was educated at the Royal Women's Superior Training Academy in Stockholm where she studied to become a teacher. After graduating she worked for ten years at a girl's school.
Lagerlof published her first book, GOSTA BERLINGS SAGA, 2 VOL., when she was 33. Her most famous work was the 1906 children's book, NILS HOLGERSSONS UNDERBARA RESA GENOM SVERIGE (THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF NILS). She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Selma Lagerlof died at her home in Marbacka, Sweden in 1940.
CHRONOLOGY
1882 She graduated from the Royal Women's Superior Training Academy in Stockholm.
1885 She became a teacher in Landskrona.
1891 GOSTA BERLINGS SAGA, 2 VOL.
1894 OSYNLIGA TANKAR (INVISIBLE LINKS); She met her lifelong companion, Sophie Elkan.
1895 She left her position at Lankskrona and devoted her time to writing.
1897 ANTIKRISTS MIRAKLER (MIRACLES OF ANTICHRIST)
1899 EN HERRGARDSSANGEN (TALES OF A MANOR); DROTTNINGAR I KUNGAHALLA
1901 JERUSALEM
1904 HERR ARNES PENNINGAR (HERR ARNE'S HOARD/ THE TREASURE); KRISTUSLEGENDER (CHRIST LEGENDS); She bought her childhood home, Marbacka.
1906 NILS HOLGERSSONS UNDERBARA RESA GENOM SVERIGE (THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF NILS)
1907 TOSEN FRAN STORMYRTORPET (THE GIRL FROM THE MARSH CROFT)
1908 EN SAGA OM EN SAGA
1909 She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1911 LILJECRONAS HEM
1912 KORKARLEN (THY SOUL SHALL BEAR WITNESS!)
1914 KEJSAREN AV PORTUGALLIEN (THE EMPEROR OF PORTUGALLIA)
1915 TROLL OCH MANNISKOR, 1915-1921
1918 BANNLYST (THE OUTCAST)
1920 ZACHRIS TOPELIUS
1922 MARBACKA
1925 LOWENSKOLDSKA RINGEN (THE GENERAL RING); CHARLOTTE LOWENSKOLD
1928 ANNA SWARD
1930 ETT BARNS MEMOARER (MEMORIES OF MY CHILDHOOD)
1932 DAGBOK FOR SELMA LAGRELOF (THE DIARY OF SELMA LAGERLOF); HOST (HARVEST)
1933 SKRIFTER
1940 She died in Finland.
1943 FRAN SKILDA TIDAR
1990 THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS ROSE
1992 THE CHANGELLING
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