| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1959 |
| Number: | 13 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | William Somerset Maugham |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1874 |
| Year, Death: | 1965 |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Robert Niklaus |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1910 |
| Year, Death: | 2001 |
| Profession: | Professor of French language |
| University: | University of Exeter |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |