The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Peace, 1901-1956

Year:	1902
Number:	20-3
Nominee:
Name:	Baroness Bertha Sophie F von Suttner
Gender:	F
Year, birth:	1843
Year, death:	1914
Profession/Category:	Author. Vice president of the Permanent International Peace Bureau.
Country:	AT (AUSTRIA)
Received prize:	Pea 1905 »
Motivation:	Suttner was the author of the novel "Die Waffen nieder" (Lay Down Your Arms), the most important antiwar novel of the period. She was the founder and president of the Austrian Peace Society (1891), and she contributed to the foundation of the Permanent International Peace Bureau (1891). Suttner was nominated for her contribution to the international peace movement.
Nominator:
Name:	François Kemény
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau.
City:	Budapest
Country:	HU (HUNGARY)
Evaluation:	No