 Swedish first edition 1914 | |
| Author | Selma Lagerlöf |
|---|---|
| Original title | Kejsarn av Portugallien |
| Translator | Velma Swanston Howard |
| Illustrator | Albert Engström |
| Language | Swedish |
| Genre | Novel |
Publication date | 1914 |
| Publication place | Sweden |
Published in English | 1916 |
The Emperor of Portugallia (Swedish: Kejsarn av Portugallien) is a novel by Nobel-laureate Selma Lagerlöf, published in 1914 with drawings by Albert Engström. Lagerlöf called it a "Swedish King Lear".[1] The novel was a success with critics and readers, newspaper reviewers said the novel was at the same level as Lagerlöf's earlier novels Gösta Berling's Saga and the first part of Jerusalem.[2] It has been filmed three times: 1925, 1944 and 1992. An English translation by Velma Swanston Howard was published in 1916.
- ^ Donald Haase. Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2008. Pg. 556.
- ^ Vivi Edström (2002). Selma Lagerlöf. Livets vågspel. Stockholm: Natur & Kultur. ISBN 91-27-09015-9