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The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Literature, 1901-1950

Year: 1903
Number: 4-1
   
Nominee:  
Leo Tolstoy
M
1828
1910
Author
RU (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
   
Nominator:
 
Ludovic Halévy
M
Member of the French Academy (Académie française)
Paris
FR (FRANCE)
   
   
Comment: Addendum to entries 1903:4-1, 17-1, 18-0: In a letter dated Feb. 1, 1903, Christen Collin (assoc. prof at Christiania University (now Oslo), NO) proposes that the Prize be shared between Björnstjerne Björnson and Henrik Ibsen; alternatively between Björnson and Leo Tolstoy, or awarded solely to Björnson.
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