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

Year:	1903
Number:	4-2
Nominee:
Name:	Leo Tolstoy
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1828
Year, death:	1910
Profession:	Author
Country:	RU (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
Nominator:
Name:	Marcellin Berthelot
Gender:	M
Profession:	Member of the French Academy (Académie française)
Country:	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.