Selma Lagerlöf

Lagerlöf, Selma (1858–1940), Swedish novelist, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for literature (1909).Her works, rooted inlegendandthe folklore of her native Värmland, include The Story of Gösta Berling, The Wonderful Adventure of Nils (1906, a children's classic), and a trilogy, The Ring of the Lowenskolds (1931).