/kloc-in the summer of 0/904, Selma La Gerf began to travel all over Sweden in order to write "a book about Sweden suitable for children to read in school ... an educational, serious book without a word of falsehood". 1906 published Niels Riding a Goose, an imaginative, knowledgeable and interesting adventure novel.
This fairy tale made her the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Soon, she was elected as the first female member of the Academy of Sciences of the Royal Swedish Academy and the first woman whose portrait appeared on Swedish banknotes. Norway, Finland, Belgium and France awarded her the highest medal of honor. The Adventure of Niels Riding a Goose has been translated into more than 50 languages and is popular all over the world. Known as "the past, present and future, the eternal classic loved by adults and children".
Brief introduction of the author
Selma Selma Lager? F, 1858— 1940), the first Swedish woman writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature, is a master of children's literature who is equally famous with Andersen.
She was born in Morbaka Manor in Wemland province in central Sweden. Her father was an officer who loved literature. The whole family often sat together to read poems and novels, which had a far-reaching impact on her literary career.