Turning away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 Selma Lagerlöf was the novelist who became the first woman and was also the first Swedish writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

A. Turning away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 Selma Lagerlöf was the novelist who became the first woman and was also the first Swedish writer to win
B. She turned away from literary realism and wrote romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, and novelist Selma Lagerlöf in 1909 became the first woman as well as the first Swedish writer that won
C. Selma Lagerlöf was a novelist who turned away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, and in 1909 she became the first woman in addition to the first Swedish writer winning
D. A novelist who turned away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, Selma Lagerlöf became in 1909 the first woman and also the first Swedish writer to win
E. As a novelist, Selma Lagerlöf turned away from literary realism and wrote romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 becoming the first woman and also the first Swedish writer that won

OA: D

Hi, ron

I just want to know :
1. who became the first woman and was also the first Swedish writer to win
2. the first woman as well as the first Swedish writer that won
3. he first woman in addition to the first Swedish writer winning
4.the first woman and also the first Swedish writer to win
5.the first woman and also the first Swedish writer that won

How does each modifier work in thses five clauses?
to modify the closest precedents? or both "the first woman" and "the first swedish writer"

hi -- there is already a long thread on this problem, here:
turning-away-from-literary-realism-to-write-romantic-stories-t5815.html

please read the content of that thread, and, if your question is still unanswered after you have finished reading it, please post your question there (not here).
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thanks.

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