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

Year:	1927
Number:	3-0
Nominee:
Name:	Franz (Ferenc) Herczeg
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1863
Year, death:	1954
Profession:	Author
Country:	HU (HUNGARY)
Motivation:	"Az élet kapuja" (Das Tor des Lebens).
Nominator:
Name:	Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Profession:	Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Affiliation:	Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Country:	HU (HUNGARY)
Comment:	The Nobel Prize in Literature for 1926 was reserved. This nomination, originally made in 1925, was moved to the nominations for 1927 while the Committee awaits a translation of Herczeg´s work, "Az élet kapuja" (see entry 1926:28-0). See page 12 of the Nobel Committee´s statement.