167 years ago today, November 20, 1858 (October 15, 1858 in the lunar calendar), Swedish writer Lagerf was born. The great woman of Sweden used Selma Lagerl? f, November 20, 1858-March 16, 1940), female, Swedish. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909, she was the first Swedish writer to receive this honor and the first woman in the world to receive this literary prize. Selma Laglov was born into a family of hereditary aristocratic landowners in the western Swedish province of Vemland. Her childhood was spent in the beautiful manor in her hometown and accompanied by her tutor. In 1885, she graduated from Lowell Women's Normal College in Stockholm and was hired to teach for ten years at Renzkronas Women's Secondary School, where she began to write her first literary work. In 1891, Selma Laglov's first literary work,"The Story of Goste Behring," was published. This novel, which focused on the encounter of a young priest in the 1820s, immediately became a bestseller. This book made Selma Laglov a famous novelist in Sweden. In 1894, she wrote a collection of short stories "The Tangible Lock Ring". Her main works during this period include the novel "Tale of the False Christ"(1897), which praised religious charity, the collection of stories "Collection of Ancient Scandinavian Myths"(1899), and the epic novel "Jerusalem"(1901 - 1902), which focuses on the lives of Swedish immigrants in Palestine. The latter work is considered a manifestation of the perfection of her artistic talent. In 1902, Selma Laglov was commissioned by the Swedish National Teachers Union to write a textbook for children introducing geography, biology, folklore and other knowledge in the form of stories. Four years later, the novel "Journey on a Goose", written in the form of a fairy tale, was published and immediately became popular. In view of Selma Laglov's outstanding contribution to creation, in 1909, she won the Nobel Prize for Literature for "the noble idealism, rich imagination, and plain and beautiful style unique to her works." In 1914, she was elected as the first female academician of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. After the outbreak of World War I, Selma Laglov lived in seclusion, which also made her worried. Her last novel,"The Story of Christmas", was published in 1938, demonstrating the author's sympathy for workers. After the outbreak of World War II, Selma Laglov gave her Nobel Medal to the Finnish government to raise money for the latter to fight the Subur-Finnish War. The Finnish government was very moved, but returned the medal to her. On March 16, 1940, Selma Laglov passed away at the estate. Shortly before her death, this female writer also used her personal influence to negotiate with the Nazi regime in Germany through the Swedish royal family and rescued Nelly Sachs, a Jewish female writer who later won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966, from concentration camps. and her mother. Since 1991, her portrait has appeared on the Swedish currency, the 20-kroner note.