LAGERLÖF, SELMA

sĕlˈmä läˈgərlöv, 1858–1940, Swedish novelist. Her native Värmland is the background for many of her excellent stories, which deal with peasant life. Novels include The Story of Gösta Berling (1891, tr. 1898), a romantic tale of a renegade priest, lyrical in style; Jerusalem (1901, tr. 1901–2); and a trilogy (1925–28) which was published in English as The Ring of the Lowenskolds (1931). Several of her works, often based on legends and sagas, served as the basis for early Swedish films. The short stories of The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1906, tr. 1907) are classics of children's literature. She received the 1909 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first woman to be thus honored.

See biographies by H. A. Larsen (1936) and W. A. Berendsohn (1968); studies by V. Edström (1984) and B. Holm (1984).

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books on: LagerlOf Selma  - 145 results

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Memories of My Childhood: Further Years at Marbacka
Book by Selma Lagerlöf, Velma Swanston Howard; Doubleday, Doran, & Co., 1934
Subjects: Lagerlof, Selma Ottiliana Lovisa--1858-1940
...Years at Marbacka SELMA LAGERLOF TRANSLATED BY VELMA...XVII. ANNA LAGERLOF P. 174...was an entirely new Selma who had come back to...sophisticated child this Selma is who has just returned...
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Six Scandinavian Novelists: Lie, Jacobsen, Heidenstam, Selma Lagerlof, Hamsun, Sigrid Undset
Book by Alrik Gustafson; Biblo and Tannen, 1969
Subjects: Novelists, Scandinavian, Scandinavian Fiction--History And Criticism
...LIE JACOBSEN HEIDENSTAM SELMA LAGERLOF HAMSUN SIGRID UNDSET By...Saga and Legend of a Province Selma Lagerlof 177...names as Ibsen and Strindberg, Selma Lagerlof, Sigrid Undset, and Knut Hamsun...
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Herr Arne's Hoard
Book by Selma Lagerlöf, Albert Edelfeldt; Glydendal, 1923
Subjects: Fiction
...ORIGINAL TITLE: "HERR ARNES PENNINGAR." Translated from the Swedish by Arthur G. Chater . HERR ARNES HOARD BY SELMA LAGERLOF AUTHOR OF "GOSTA BERLINGS SAGA," "THE OUTCAST," ETC., ETC. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALBERT EDELFELDT GYLDENDAL...
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Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults: An Annotated Bibliography
Book by Ruth Nadelman Lynn; Bowker, 1995
...seems to have overlooked a few authors. E.Nesbit and Selma Lagerlof were both writing during the early years of childrens...Willows 1907 in England; 1908 in the United States , Selma Lagerlofs The Wonderful Adventures of Nils 1907 in Sweden...
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The Who's Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-2000
Book by Louise S. Sherby; Oryx Press, 2002
Subjects: Biography--20th Century--Dictionaries, Nobel Prizes
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journal articles on: LagerlOf Selma  - 19 results

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Corpses, Curses, and Cannibalism: Containment and Excess in Selma Lagerlof's Bannlyst and Its Reception
Journal article by Anna Nordlund; Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 76, 2004
Subjects: Bannlyst (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Lagerlof, Selma--Criticism and interpretation, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, Swedish literature--Criticism and interpretation
...Cannibalism: Containment and Excess in Selma Lagerlofs Bannlyst and Its Reception. by Anna Nordlund SELMA LAGERLOF (1858-1940) is generally considered...1940 at the age of eighty-one, Selma Lagerlof was increasingly considered a...
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Anna Nordlund. Selma Lagerlofs Underbara Resa Genom Den Svenska Litteraturhistorien 1891-1996
Journal article by Anna Westerstahl Stenport; Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 78, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Selma Lagerlofs underbara resa genom den svenska litteraturhistorien 1891-1996 (Book)--Book reviews
Anna Nordlund. Selma Lagerlofs Underbara Resa Genom Den Svenska...Westerstahl Stenport Anna Nordlund. Selma Lagerlofs underbara resa genom den svenska...Bokforlag Symposion, 2005. Pp. 512. Selma Lagerlof, the storyteller. A provincial school-teacher...
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Reviewed Elsewhere
Journal article; Biography, Vol. 25, 2002
Subjects: Biography--Evaluation, Books--Evaluation
...artist." Richard Schickel. LATBR, Jan. 13, 2002: 2. Lagerlof, Selma Le violon dufou (En herrgardssagen). Trans. (from...reality on reality itself-and to the narrator too. Selma Lagerlof wrote: "When I have written a book, I cannot explain...
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The Rest on the Flight into Egypt: A Motif in Scandanavian Folk Art
Journal article by Nils-Arvid Bringeus; Folklore, Vol. 114, 2003
Subjects: Denmark--Myths and legends, Folk art--History, Jesus Christ--Myths and legends, Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Myths and legends
...Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt amp; Soners Forlag, 1983. Lagerlof, Selma. Kristuslegender. Stockholm: Bonniers, 1904. Mathiesen...gengangare. Gestaltningen av karlek och rattvisa i Selma Lagerlofs diktning. Lund: Gleerup, 1964. Wustefeld, W. C...
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A Bibliography of Modern Scandinavian Literature: (Excluding H.C. Andersen) in English Translation, 1533 to 1900, and Listed by Translator
Journal article by Robert E. Bjork; Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 77, 2005
Subjects: Scandinavian literature--Bibliography
...American-Scandinavian Foundation. Borg, Selma, and Marie Adelaide Brown...Story of Gosta Berling Lagerlof. London (printed Cambrige...New edn. 1879. Trotz, Selma Ahlstrom (1899). The...of Antichrist. A Novel Lagerlof. New York: Lovell Co...Gosta Berlings Saga Lagerlof. Authorized translation...
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Nobel Sentiments: Pious Thoughts from Wise Fools
Magazine article by P.J. O'Rourke; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 289, March 2002
Subjects: Nobel prizes
...give in to temptation. Ernest Hemingway but not James Joyce? Toni Morrison but not John Updike? Dario Fo? Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlof? (She wrote The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, a fanciful account of a young boys travels across Sweden on...
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No Belles: The Second Sex
Magazine article by Gosta Wranglen; National Review, Vol. 48, November 11, 1996
Subjects: Genius--Demographic aspects, Gifted persons--Demographic aspects, Gifted women--Statistics, Nobel prizes--Demographic aspects
...than in the sciences. Out of a total number of 92 laureates in Literature in the period 1901 - 1995, 8 were women (Selma Lagerlof, 1909; Grazia Deledda, 1926; Sigrid Undset, 1928; Pearl Buck, 1938; Gabriela Mistral, 1945; Nelly Sachs, 1966; Nadine...
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Magic in the Down-to-Earth: The Royal Swedish Ballet's 225th-Anniversary Celebration in Stockholm Revealed a Promising Future as Well as a Noble Past
Magazine article by Marilyn Hunt; Dance Magazine, Vol. 72, October 1998
Subjects: Ballet companies--History, Royal Swedish Ballet--History
...the resident choreographer will premiere another full-evening ballet in the spring, Mr. Arnes Hoard, from a novel by Selma Lagerlof). The Nutcracker libretto by Isberg and Naslund happily incorporates a Swedish traditional Christmas after a story...
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Learning to Read
Magazine article by John Simon; New Criterion, Vol. 25, January 2007
Subjects: Books and reading--Personal narratives
...adult books, too. One of them was a German translations of The Adventures of Gosta Berling, by the Swedish novelist Selma Lagerlof, which struck me as the most romantic thing I ever read. It still strikes me that way; its movie version launched...
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Love's Wound, Love's Salve
Magazine article by Sven Birkerts; American Scholar, Vol. 70, Autumn 2001
Subjects: Hamsun, Knut--Criticism and interpretation, Literature--Criticism and interpretation, Love stories--Criticism and interpretation, Pan (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Popular romances--Criticism and interpretation
...Great Northerners), all issued, as she described them to me many times, in handsome uniform bindings: Sigrid Undset, Selma Lagerlof, but above all others, Knut Hamsun, his Hunger, Mysteries, Victoria, and Pan, those works of desperate lyrical romanticism...
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newspaper articles on: LagerlOf Selma  - 5 results

 
 
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Movies; Movie Mini-Reviews
Newspaper article by Gary Arnold; The Washington Times, July 3, 1997
...his lamentable mismatch with Isabel Allendes dynastic briar patch, "The House of the Spirits." Reaching back for a Selma Lagerlof epic, Mr. August also recruited an impressive acting instrument from his movie version of Ingmar Bergmans "The Best...
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Calendar; Top Picks
Newspaper article by Natasha Marinoff, Gary Arnold; The Washington Times, July 10, 1997
...booking of an impressive feature that has yet to surface in American art houses, his stirring 1995 adaptation of the Selma Lagerlof novel "Jerusalem." Showing daily through July 20, "Jerusalem" restores Mr. August to the setting and themes of his...
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Lost in 'Jerusalem'
Newspaper article by Gary Arnold; The Washington Times, July 11, 1997
Subjects: Bergman, Ingmar, Jerusalem, Israel
...setting. Shot in 1995, "Jerusalem" distills one of Selma Lagerlofs renowned novels, originally published in two parts...Screenplay by Mr. August, based on the novel by Selma Lagerlof. In Swedish with English subtitles RUNNING TIME...
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Life Is SWEDE; with New Low-Cost Flights There's Never Been a Better Time to Explore the Beautiful Heart of Sweden. and Our Own Swedish-Born H&H Writer Lena Gustavson Believes You Shouldn't Wait for the Snow
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), August 26, 2007
...south and youll come across the town of Marbacka (www.marbacka.s.se), which was home to the famous childrens writer Selma Lagerlof - the first woman writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. While there you can take a stroll through Rottneros...
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Life Is SWEDE; with New Low-Cost Flights There's Never Been a Better Time to Explore the Beautiful Heart of Sweden. and Our Own Swedish-Born H&H Writer Lena Gustavson Believes You Shouldn't Wait for the Snow
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), August 26, 2007
...south and youll come across the town of Marbacka (www.marbacka.s.se), which was home to the famous childrens writer Selma Lagerlof - the first woman writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. While there you can take a stroll through Rottneros...


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encyclopedia articles on: LagerlOf Selma  - 4 results

 
 
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LagerlÖf, Selma
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
LAGERLOF, SELMA sel ma la g rlov, 1858 1940, Swedish novelist. Her native Varmland is the background for many of her excellent stories, which...
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Enquist, Per Olov
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...the private life of playwright August Strindberg , and the drama Bildmakarna the picture makers (1998) features Selma Lagerlof as one of its four characters. Enquists later novels include Nedstortad Angel (1987, tr. Downfall, 1991), I...
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Nobel Prizes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...Auguste Beernaert P. H. B. Estournelles de Constant Wilhelm Ostwald Guglielmo Marconi K. F. Braun Emil T. Kocher Selma Lagerlof 1910 International Peace Bureau Otto Wallach J. D. van der Waals Albrecht Kossel Paul Heyse 1911 T. M...
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Swedish Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...expression, and the poet Gustaf Froding and the novelist Selma Lagerlof followed equally personal paths. The Twentieth Century...Swedish Literature (1988); anthologies ed. by K. E. Lagerlof (1979) and P. Wastberg (1979); collections of poetry...


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