Lagerlöf, Selma ___ 1858-1940 ___ Swedish ___ writer

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Selma Lagerlöf was born in Östra Emterwik, Värmland, and brought up and tutored on the family estate, Mårbacka. In 1881, she moved to Stockholm and studied at a teachers' college, before, in 1885, taking a position at a school in Landskrona. In 1890, a Swedish weekly magazine awarded her first prize in a literary competition, and the following year, her book 'Gösta Berlings Saga' was published. By 1895, she was receiving sufficient financial support from the royal family and the Swedish Academy to forgo teaching and concentrate on writing. Subsequently, she travelled in Italy which inspired her to write 'Antikris Mirakler' ('The Miracles of Antichrist' ), published in 1897, a novel set in Sicily. Her other books included 'Jerusalem', 'Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige' ('The Wonderful Adventures of Nils') and the Löwenskölds historical trilogy. In 1909, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the first Swedish person to be so honoured, and the first woman. With the prize money, she bought back the Mårbacka family estate which had been sold on the death of her father. During the First World War, Lagerlöf had been very disturbed and was not able to write much, as the Second World War approached, she helped German intellectuals and artists escape Nazi persecution. She also managed to arrange a Swedish visa for the poet Nelly Sachs, and saved her from a death camp. The Diary of Selma Lagerlöf is, in fact, largely fictional.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio
The Diary Review - Lagerlöf and Speare

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1873 ___ childhood family

WEB TEXT LINKS
a bit about
 

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
National Library of Sweden

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
The Diary of Selma Lagerlöf
 

November 2005, July 2008, April 2013
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