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What was Selma Lagerlöf's contribution to literature?

  • First woman Nobel laureate

  • First male Nobel laureate

  • First poet laureate

  • First playwright laureate

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First woman Nobel laureate, Selma Lagerlöf, made significant contributions to literature. Her works, often set in her native Sweden, explored themes of nature, folklore, and the human condition. Her most famous novel, "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils," a children's classic, depicted the adventures of a young boy who travels across Sweden on the back of a goose.
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