Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (, also US: , Swedish: [²sɛlːma ²lɑːɡɛˌɭøːv] (listen); 20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author and teacher. She published her first novel, Gösta Berling's Saga, at the age of 33. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she was awarded in 1909. Additionally, she was the first female to be granted a membership in The Swedish Academy in 1914.
11 fortællinger med inspiration fra Bibelen og Kristi liv, der nok så meget handler om mennesket og betydningen af ydmyghed og medmenneskelighed. Fortællingerne, der er fortalt som små eventyr, har den kristne tro som udgangspunkt - Selma Lagerlöf var stærkt troende - men har et så almenmenneskeligt indhold og sigte, at de sagtens kan læses, også selv om man ikke er tilhænger af den kristne tro.
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