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Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Selma Lagerlöf
Swedish author (1858–1940)
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish writer. She published her first novel, Gösta Berling's Saga, at the age of 33. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she was awarded in 1909. In 1914, she was the first woman to be granted a membership of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Nobel Prize in Literature
Prize established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel
The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning for Literature, is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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