On this Day in 1909...The Nobel Prize for Literature went to.....

[Katie-Ellen]

An "ageing “spinster,” with a marked limp, stood in the Grand Hotel in Stockholm. That woman was Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman and the first Swede to win the Nobel Prize for Literature"......

Her first novel was published when she was 33

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[Eva Ulian]

What a beautiful story. @Katie-Ellen Hazeldine PS I enjoyed watching you yesterday on pop-up submissions.

 

[Katie-Ellen]

Very kind, Eva. The writers are very brave.

I didn't know about Selma before today... how 'higgerant'.
Saw it over on twitter......so thought I'd fetch it over
Aye well, ....learning something everyday....

 

[Susan]

Fascinating, and what a terrific website! Thanks for sharing this.