SELMA LAGERLOF; The woman, her work, her message. Including liberal quatations from Dr. Lagerlog's own autobiographical writings and from some of her critics
1926 · Garden City, NY
by MAULE, Harry E.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, 1926. 8vo, pp. 89. Illustrated with three photographs. Paper wraps. Cover slightly chipped, o/w a nice copy. Lagerlof, born in Vamland, Sweden, in 1858, was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize for literature, and was known for her colorful writing of folk tales and stories that appealed to adults as well as children. She recieved the Gold Medal of the Swedish Academy in 1904, and became its first woman director in 1914. Uppsala University awarded her an hornorary doctorate. (Inventory #: 29621)