Selma Lagerlöf

Selma Lagerlöf was a Swedish writer, born in 1858 and died in 1940. She published her first novel, Gösta Berling's Saga, at the age of 33. Her other books include Invisible Links, Lord Arne's Silver, The Emperor of Portugalia, The Miracles of Antichrist, and the adventure fantasy The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson. In 1909 she became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and in 1914 she was the first woman granted membership of the Swedish Academy.