Selma Lagerlöf

Born November 20, 1858· Mårbacka, Värmland, Sweden

† Died March 16, 1940

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Emerging from a modest Värmland upbringing, she received home schooling before attending the Högre lärarinneseminariet in Stockholm and teaching at a girls’ high school in Landskrona, where she began drafting her first novel. Her literary breakthrough arrived with the publication of Gösta Berlings Saga at age thirty-three, establishing her reputation for blending folklore with vivid narrative. Int… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources