Selma Lagerlöf
1858 – 1940 · Sweden · Literature
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1909
First woman to win the literature Nobel.
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- Sigrid Undset
1882 – 1949 · Literature
The Nordic historical novel by women is the form Undset brought to Kristin Lavransdatter.
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