Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (/ˈlɑːɡərlɜːf, -lɜːv/, US also /-lʌv, -ləv/, Swedish: [ˈsɛ̂lːma ˈlɑ̂ːɡɛˌɭøːv] ; 20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a...
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The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (category Novels by Selma Lagerlöf)
wonderful journey across Sweden) is a work of fiction by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. It was originally...
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The Selma Lagerlöf Prize is a Swedish literary prize awarded to an author writing in the spirit of Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize...
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after which it likely became more common due to the works of the author Selma Lagerlöf (died 1940). The given name lost popularity in Sweden during most of...
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Jerusalem is a novel by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf, published in two parts in 1901 and 1902. The narrative spans several generations in the 19th...
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1909 Nobel Prize in Literature (category Selma Lagerlöf)
Annerstedt nobelprize.org Selma Lagerlöf – Facts nobelprize.org Selma Lagerlöf britannica.com Nomination archive – Selma Lagerlöf nobelprize.org Nomination...
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Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! (category Novels by Selma Lagerlöf)
novel by the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. It was translated into English by William Frederick Harvey in 1921. Lagerlöf was commissioned to write it...
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Geijer, Esaias Tegnér, Gustaf Fröding and Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf. Lagerlöf's novel, Gösta Berlings Saga, is a neo-romantic saga that takes...
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Mårbacka (category Selma Lagerlöf)
1793. In 1801 it was inherited by the Lagerlöf family and when Selma Lagerlöf's father Lieutenant Gustaf Lagerlöf died in 1885 his son Johan took over...
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and was designed by the local architect Ferdinand Boberg. The author Selma Lagerlöf lived in the building, and it was here she wrote The Wonderful Adventures...
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Birgitta Stenberg (category Selma Lagerlöf Prize winners)
author, translator and illustrator. She was the 2005 winner of the Selma Lagerlöf Prize. Birgitta Stenberg was born in Engelbrekt Parish in 1932. She...
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Valborg Olander (category Selma Lagerlöf)
author Selma Lagerlöf, with whom she eventually came to develop a love relationship. She is also thought to have affected the work of Selma Lagerlöf in her...
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Sophie Elkan (category Selma Lagerlöf)
also as hospitable and charming. In 1894, she became acquainted with Selma Lagerlöf, who, as is evident from their correspondence, was in love with her...
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The early 20th century continued to produce notable authors, such as Selma Lagerlöf (Nobel laureate 1909) and Pär Lagerkvist (Nobel laureate 1951). A well-known...
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including August Strindberg, Astrid Lindgren, and Nobel Prize winners Selma Lagerlöf and Harry Martinson. In total seven Nobel Prizes in Literature have...
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Switzerland. Anthroposophy's supporters include writers Saul Bellow, and Selma Lagerlöf, painters Piet Mondrian, Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint, filmmaker...
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The Phantom Carriage (category Films based on works by Selma Lagerlöf)
1912 novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! (Körkarlen) by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. In the film, Sjöström plays a drunkard named David Holm who, on the...
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Swedish film director Leon Lagerlöf (1870–1951), Swedish sport shooter Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940), Swedish writer Thomas Lagerlöf (born 1971), Swedish association...
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The Emperor of Portugallia (category Novels by Selma Lagerlöf)
Portugallien) is a novel by Nobel-laureate Selma Lagerlöf, published in 1914 with drawings by Albert Engström. Lagerlöf called it a "Swedish King Lear". The...
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The Treasure (novel) (redirect from The Treasure (Lagerlöf novel))
The Treasure is a 1904 novel by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf. Its original Swedish title is Herr Arnes penningar, which means "Mr. Arne's money"....
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Gösta Berling's Saga (category Novels by Selma Lagerlöf)
Gösta Berling, is the debut novel of Swedish Nobel Prize-winning author Selma Lagerlöf, published in 1891. It was made into a 1924 silent film directed by...
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Astrid Lindgren (category Selma Lagerlöf Prize winners)
2014–2015. The banknote had before that featured the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. In 2018, Pernille Fischer Christensen directed the film Becoming Astrid...
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(the Broby Tower). Broby is the name Selma Lagerlöf gave Sunne in her books. Each year The Foundation Selma Lagerlöf Literary Prize awards a prominent Swedish...
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Robert Louis Stevenson, Christopher Moore, Morris/ René Goscinny, Selma Lagerlöf, Neil Gaiman, Mircea Cărtărescu and Charles Bukowski. Norton's parents...
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Backa, Gothenburg (section Selma Lagerlöfs Torg)
which was demolished to accommodate the construction of Backa Kyrka. Selma Lagerlöfs Torg is a town square, featuring shops, a library, a school, a kindergarten...
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The Saga of Gosta Berling (category Films based on works by Selma Lagerlöf)
film breakthrough. It is based on Swedish Nobel Prize-winning author Selma Lagerlöf's 1891 debut novel Gösta Berlings Saga. The film is also known as Gösta...
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animals that have been vivisected, clash with 400 police officers. 1909 – Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature...
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the 1906 novel The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. Miss Machiko Oct. 1981–Oct. 1983 TV Tokyo Masami Anno 95 Adaptation...
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Adventures of Nils Holgersson (category Films based on works by Selma Lagerlöf)
Fant. It is based on the novel The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf. It was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. Sven...
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Tove Jansson (category Selma Lagerlöf Prize winners)
Christian Andersen Medal in 1966; among her many later awards was the Selma Lagerlöf Prize in 1992. Her Moomin stories have been adapted for the theatre...
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