| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1959 |
| Number: | 23 - 1 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Tarjei Vesaas |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1897 |
| Year, Death: | 1970 |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Sigmund Skard |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1903 |
| Year, Death: | 1995 |
| Profession: | Professor of American Literature history |
| University: | University of Oslo |
| City: | Oslo |
| Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
