| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1974 |
| Number: | 72 - 2 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1906 |
| Year, Death: | 2001 |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Ediriweera Ranjitha Sarachchandra |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1914 |
| Year, Death: | 1996 |
| Profession: | Professor of Sinhala Literature |
| University: | University of Sri Lanka |
| City: | Colombo |
| Country: | CEYLON (LK) now SRI LANKA (LK) |