Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf is a Swedish fiction writer. She was a first women to win prestigious award Nobel prize in literature in 1909. Her first novel Gösta Berling's Saga published in 1891. By Profession she was a teacher, Her famous Novel “The wonderful adventures of Niles was a teaching project of the Swedish National Teachers' Association, written to teach children geography and information about animals, birds and nature. The novel became so popular that it was translated into many languages and its story was made into a film several times. “The Miracles of Antichrist”, “Jerusalem”, “The Emperor of Portugallia”, “Bannlyst” are her famous Novels. Selma Lagerlöf achieved world fame and her works have been translated into many foreign languages. She died in Marbacka, Sweden in 1940.