Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf, (
November 20,
1858 -
March 16 1940) was a
Swedish author, known internationally for
Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (a story for children), and awarded with the
Nobel Prize in Literature in
1909 in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings.
She was a close friend to Sophie Elkan, and the preserved letters from their correspondence make it hard to believe that this relationship was anything else than
homosexual.
She lived in
Sunne, where two hotels are named after her.
Bibliography
- Gösta Berlings saga (1891)\n* Osynliga länkar (1894)\n* Antikrists mirakler (1897)\n* En herrgårdssägen (1899)\n* Jerusalem (del 1-2, 1901-02)\n* Herr Arnes penningar (1904)\n* Kristuslegender (1904)\n* Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (del 1-2, 1906-07)\n* Liljecronas hem (1911)\n* Körkarlen (1912)\n* Kejsarn av Portugallien (1914)\n* Troll och människor (del 1-2, 1915-21)\n* Bannlyst (1918)\n* Mårbacka (1922)\n* Löwensköldska ringen (1925)\n* Charlotte Löwensköld (1925)\n* Anna Svärd (1928)\n* Ett barns memoarer (1930)\n* Dagbok för Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (1932)\n* Höst (1933)\n* Från skilda tider (del 1-2, 1943-45, posthumously)
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