As per our current Database, Selma Lagerlof has been died on Mar 16, 1940 (age 81).
When Selma Lagerlof die, Selma Lagerlof was 81 years old.
| Popular As | Selma Lagerlof |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Age | 81 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Born | November 20, 1858 (Marbacka, Sweden) |
| Birthday | November 20 |
| Town/City | Marbacka, Sweden |
| Nationality | Sweden |
Selma Lagerlof’s zodiac sign is Scorpio. According to astrologers, Scorpio-born are passionate and assertive people. They are determined and decisive, and will research until they find out the truth. Scorpio is a great leader, always aware of the situation and also features prominently in resourcefulness. Scorpio is a Water sign and lives to experience and express emotions. Although emotions are very important for Scorpio, they manifest them differently than other water signs. In any case, you can be sure that the Scorpio will keep your secrets, whatever they may be.
Selma Lagerlof was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.
A Swedish author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, she is best known for her Wonderful Adventures of Nils book series. Her other literary works include The Changeling, The Outcast, and numerous other novels, short stories, plays, and memoirs.
She taught at a girls' school in her native Sweden during the 1880s and 1890s. She published her first novel, The Story of Gösta Berling, in 1891.
In 1909, she became the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
She was the fourth child born to Erik and Louise Lagerlöf. In the mid-1890s she fell in love with fellow Writer, Sophie Elkan.
Her fantastical novels stood in stark contrast to the realistic work of contemporaries like August Strindberg.
