| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1939 |
| Number: | 17 - 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: | Yrjö Hirn |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1870 |
| Year, Death: | 1952 |
| Profession: | Professor of aesthetics, cultural historian |
| University: | University of Helsinki |
| City: | Helsinki |
| Country: | FINLAND (FI) |