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

Year:	1927
Number:	4-0
Nominee:
Name:	Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1874
Year, death:	1929
Profession:	Author
Country:	AT (AUSTRIA)
Nominators:	Walter Brecht, Professor of German literature, University of Vienna, AT. The nomination was supported by Mr Österling.
Comment:	The Nobel Prize in Literature for 1926 was reserved. This nomination, originally made in 1926 (entry 1926:22-0), was carried over to the nominations for 1927. See page 2 of the Nobel Committee´s statement.