2-492-313 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf and her mother, Louise, 1909. In 1909 Lagerlöf (1858-1940) became the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. She is best remembered for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (The Wonderful Adventures of Nils). A print from L'Illustration, 18 December 1909.