(1858–1940), Swedish novelist; full name Selma Ottiliana Lovisa Lagerlöf. She made her name with Gösta Berlings Saga (1891), and was the first woman to be the sole winner of a Nobel Prize (Literature, 1909).
Definition of Lagerlöf, Selma in US English:
Lagerlöf, Selma
proper nounˈläɡərˌləv
(1858–1940), Swedish novelist; full name Selma Ottiliana Lovisa Lagerlöf. She became known with the publication of Gösta Berlings Saga in 1891. Nobel Prize for Literature (1909).