| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1968 |
| Number: | 36 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Yasunari Kawabata |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1899 |
| Year, Death: | 1972 |
| Profession: | Japanese novelist and short story writer |
| Country: | JAPAN (JP) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1968 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Eyvind Johnson |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1900 |
| Year, Death: | 1976 |
| Profession: | Writer |
| University: | The Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien) |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1974 | |