| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Number: | 11 - 2 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Nikos Kazantzakis |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1883 |
| Year, Death: | 1957 |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Michail Solochov |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1905 |
| Year, Death: | 1984 |
| Profession: | Writer |
| City: | Moscow |
| Country: | RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RU) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Johannes Andreasson Dale |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1898 |
| Year, Death: | 1975 |
| Profession: | Professor of Norwegian literature |
| University: | University of Oslo |
| City: | Oslo |
| Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
| Comments: | First choice: Nikos Kazantzakis. Second choice: Michail Solochov. |
