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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1909
Selma Lagerlöf

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1909

Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf

Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1909 was awarded to Selma Lagerlöf "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings".

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