| Year: | 1912 |
| Number: | 30-0 |
| Nominee 1: | |
| Name: | Carl Spitteler |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, birth: | 1845 |
| Year, death: | 1924 |
| Profession: | Author |
| Country: | CH (SWITZERLAND) |
| Received prize: | lit 1919 » |
| Nominee 2: | |
| Name: | Adolf Frey |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, birth: | 1855 |
| Year, death: | 1920 |
| Profession: | Author |
| Country: | CH (SWITZERLAND) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Wilhelm Oechsli |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor of history |
| Affiliation: | University of Zurich |
| City: | Zurich |
| Country: | CH (SWITZERLAND) |
| Comment: | The Prize for 1919 was awarded to C. Spitteler in 1920. |