Quote of the day
Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
Selma Lagerlöf
Born: November 20, 1858
Died: March 16, 1940 (aged 81)
Bio: Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and is best remembered for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige.
Known for:
- The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1906)
- Gösta Berlings Saga (1891)
- Charlotte Löwensköld (1925)
- The Emperor of Portugallia (1914)
- Jerusalem (1902)