Selma Lagerlöf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Selma Lagerlöf

Swedish writer

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1858

Place of Birth: Mårbacka, Värmland County, Sweden

Date of Death: 16-Mar-1940

Profession: writer, teacher, poet, translator, artist, biographer, children's writer, novelist, prosaist, autobiographer

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (, also US: , Swedish: [?s?l?ma ?l??g???ø?v] (listen); 20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author and teacher.
She published her first novel, Gösta Berling's Saga, at the age of 33.
She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she was awarded in 1909.
Additionally, she was the first female to be granted a membership in The Swedish Academy in 1914.