| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1960 |
| Number: | 50 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | John Steinbeck |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1902 |
| Year, Death: | 1968 |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1962 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Henry Olsson |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1896 |
| Year, Death: | 1985 |
| Profession: | Professor of literary history with poetics |
| University: | The Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien) |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
