Selma Lagerlöf

Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf, (November 20, 1858 - March 16 1940) was a Swedish author, known internationally for Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (a story for children), and awarded with the Nobel prize in 1909.

She was a close friend to Sophie Elkan, and the preserved letters from their correspondence make it hard to believe that this relationship was anything else than homosexual.

She lived in Sunne, where two hotels are named after her.

Bibliography

• Gösta Berlings saga (1891)
• Osynliga länkar (1894)
• Antikrists mirakler (1897)
• En herrgårdssägen (1899)
• Jerusalem (del 1-2, 1901-02)
• Herr Arnes penningar (1904)
• Kristuslegender (1904)
• Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (del 1-2, 1906-07)
• Liljecronas hem (1911)
• Körkarlen (1912)
• Kejsarn av Portugallien (1914)
• Troll och människor (del 1-2, 1915-21)
• Bannlyst (1918)
• Mårbacka (1922)
• Löwensköldska ringen (1925)
• Charlotte Löwensköld (1925)
• Anna Svärd (1928)
• Ett barns memoarer (1930)
• Dagbok för Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (1932)
• Höst (1933)
• Från skilda tider (del 1-2, 1943-45, posthumously)