Selma Lagerlöf — Infobox Writer name = Selma Lagerlöf imagesize = 175px caption = Lagerlöf, painted by Carl Larsson, 1908 pseudonym = birthname = birthdate = birth date|1858|11|20|df=y birthplace = [http://www.marbacka.com/engelska/e index.htm Mårbacka] ,… … Wikipedia
Lagerlöf, Selma — ▪ Swedish author in full Selma Ottiliana Lovisa Lagerlöf born Nov. 20, 1858, Mårbacka, Sweden died March 16, 1940, Mårbacka novelist who in 1909 became the first woman and also the first Swedish writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.… … Universalium
Lagerlöf, Selma (Ottiliana Lovisa) — born Nov. 20, 1858, Mårbacka, Swed. died March 16, 1940, Mårbacka Swedish novelist. She was working as a schoolmistress when she wrote her first novel, Gösta Berlings saga (1891), a chronicle of life in her native Värmland. Later works include… … Universalium
Lagerlöf, Selma — (1858 1940) A Swedish novelist, Lagerlof became world renowned and received the Nobel Prize in 1909. She had her literary debut at the time of the transition from the naturalism of the 1880s to the neoromanticism of the 1890s, Scandinavia s… … Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater
Lagerlöf,Selma Ottiliana Lovisa — La·ger·löf (läʹgər ləv, lœf), Selma Ottiliana Lovisa. 1858 1940. Swedish writer whose novels include Gösta Berlings Saga (1891). In 1909 she became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. * * * … Universalium
Lagerlöf — /lah geuhrdd luef /, n. Selma (Ottiliana Lovisa) /sel mah awt ti lee ah nah looh vi sah /, 1858 1940, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel prize 1909. * * * … Universalium
Lagerlöf — La•ger•löf [[t]ˈlɑ gərˌlœf[/t]] n. big Selma (Ottiliana Lovisa), 1858–1940, Swedish writer: Nobel prize 1909 … From formal English to slang
Lagerlöf — /ˈlagəlɜv/ (say lahguhlerv) noun Selma /ˈsɛlma/ (say selmah), 1858–1940, Swedish author; Nobel prize for literature, 1909 …
Lagerlöf — /lah geuhrdd luef /, n. Selma (Ottiliana Lovisa) /sel mah awt ti lee ah nah looh vi sah /, 1858 1940, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel prize 1909 … Useful english dictionary
Nobel Prize in Literature — The Nobel Prize in Literature Awarded for Outstanding contributions in Literature Presented by Swedish Academy Country Sweden First awarded 1901 Official website … Wikipedia
