Nobel laureate
Selma Lagerlöf — Nobel Prize in Literature 1909
“in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings”
Prize motivation
“in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings”
The Swedish Academy awarded Selma Lagerlöf the 1909 Nobel Prize in Literature in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings.
Other laureates of the 1900s
Sources & data
- Nobel Prize API (CC0).