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SELMA LAGERLÖF

Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940) was a Swedish writer and first female recipient of the Nobel Prize
for Literature (1909)  as well as the first woman to be granted membership into the Swedish
Academy (1914) - the body that awards the prize. Lagerlöf grew up on an estate known as
Mårbacka in the Swedish province of Värmland. Her childhood was marred by illness and most of
her time was spent at home  either reading or writing. The seeds of her authorship were planted
already at seven year old. In 1885  she studied to become a teacher and started her vocation as
a schoolteacher  all the while honing her writing on the side. Her first novel  Gösta Berlings
Saga was published in 1891  four years later she made the decision to devote herself entirely
to writing. Aside from her authorship  Lagerlöf was politically engaged and was an active
proponent of female suffrage  speaking at the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in 1911  as
well as at the victory party in 1919 once the law had been passed. The conception and design
behind our bookends stem from Swedish renowned industrial designer  Jan Landqvist and are made
in the small town of Gnosjö in the south of Sweden.

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