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 Jerusalem (1901-02), which established her as Sweden's foremost novelist, and The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and its sequel (1906-07), a geography reader for children in fantasy form. A naturally gifted storyteller, she rooted her work in legend and saga. In 1909 she became the first woman and the first Swedish writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
{i} Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (1858-1940), Swedish novel writer and poet, Nobel laureate in 1909 (first woman novelist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature)
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 Jerusalem (1901-02), which established her as Sweden's foremost novelist, and The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and its sequel (1906-07), a geography reader for children in fantasy form. A naturally gifted storyteller, she rooted her work in legend and saga. In 1909 she became the first woman and the first Swedish writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
selma
Расстановка переносов
Sel·ma
Турецкое произношение
selmı
Произношение
/ˈselmə/ /ˈsɛlmə/
Этимология
() Taken to use in the 19th century when similar-sounding names, Elma, Thelma, Alma, Wilma etc. were in vogue. It is a place name in the Poems of Ossian, but at least a part of the name-givers must have been aware of the Turkish name Selma, ultimately of Arabic origin.