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	Nordic Culture > Selma Lagerlöf, creator of Nils Holgersson - Scandinavica.com
		By 1902 Selma was a well-known novelist in Sweden and in Europe, and The Swedish National Association of Teachers proposed her to write a book for the state elementary schools.
		Selma Lagerlöf devoted three years of work to study geography, animal life and Swedish folklore, and the result of her research was published in 1906 in a book for children called Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgersson).
		Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf died in 1940, one year after the beginning of World War 2, in her beloved family estate of Mårbacka.
	www.scandinavica.com /culture/famous/lagerlof.htm (1108 words)

	Selma Lagerlof -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Selma Lagerlöf was born on Nov. 20, 1858, in Mårbacka, Sweden.
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		He was influenced by D.W. Griffith's epic style and Thomas Harper Ince's integral use of landscape but most of all by the typically Swedish mysticism and passionate love of nature reflected in the novels of Selma Lagerlöf, many of which he adapted to the...
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9275355?tocId=9275355 (640 words)

	Daily Nation On the Web
		Prof Engdahl said "at least a dozen" women writers have won the award since its launch nearly 100 years ago.
		Swedish writer Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlof was the first woman to win the Prize in 1909.
		In its citation, the Academy said the Prize was "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterise her writings".
	www.nationaudio.com /News/DailyNation/30102000/Features/Features4.html (769 words)

	Lagerlöf
		She was deeply attached to the family manor house at Mårbacka, which had been sold after her father's death but which she bought back with her Nobel Prize money.
		Selma Lagerlöf ranks among the most naturally gifted of modern storytellers.
		Selma Lagerlof*, Her Life and Work (W. Berendsohn)
	aaa.wustl.edu /AAA/BookWorld/Nobel_Laureates/lagerlof.html (360 words)

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		PAUL JOHANN LUDWIG HEYSE as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories.
		SELMA OTTILIA LOVISA LAGERLOF in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings.
		RUDOLF CHRISTOPH EUCKEN in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life.
	www.intelligentemente.it /nobellett.htm (2233 words)

	Female Nobel Prize Winners 1900-1950 quiz
		In 1911 Marie Sklodowska Curie won the Nobel Prize.
		In 1909 Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlof won the Nobel Prize.
		In 1945 Gabriela Mistral won the Nobel Prize.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=16129&origin= (129 words)

	SteinerBooks - The Holy Night
		This is a colorfully illustrated edition of Selma Lagerlöf’s classic Christmas tale.
		One cold winter night a cruel, hard-hearted shepherd is amazed by the strange events.
		Click on the links below for images from The Holy Night.
	www.anthropress.org /detail.html?session=c9998f1614efea4a62cbd96eb6018e8e&id=0863154670 (218 words)

	Selma Lagerlöf - Biography
		Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940) was born in Östra Emterwik, Värmland, Sweden.
		She was brought up on Mårbacka, the family estate, which she did not leave until 1881, when she went to a teachers' college at Stockholm.
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	nobelprize.org /literature/laureates/1909/lagerlof-bio.html (344 words)

	Nobel Prize Winners Literature 1901-1935 quiz
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		In what year did Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlof win the Nobel Prize?
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