| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1936 |
| Number: | 5 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Frans E Sillanpää |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1888 |
| Year, Death: | 1964 |
| Profession: | Author |
| Country: | FINLAND (FI) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1939 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Björn Collinder |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor of Finno-Ugric languages |
| City: | Uppsala |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
| Comments: | F. Sillanpää was nominated by B. Collinder, R. Erich, and Y. Hirn (see entries 5-0, 5-1, 5-2). |