| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1940 |
| Number: | 10 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Carl Sandburg |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1878 |
| Year, Death: | 1967 |
| Profession: | Author |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Sinclair Lewis |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1885 |
| Year, Death: | 1951 |
| Profession: | NP lit 1930, author |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1930 | |