Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerl├╢f (20 November 1858 тАУ 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author. She published her first novel, G├╢sta Berling's Saga, at the age of 33. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she was awarded in 1909. Additionally, she was the first woman to be granted a membership in the Swedish Academy in 1914.