Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature
Year:	1916
Number:	24 - 2
Nominee:
Name:	Carl Spitteler
Gender:	M
Year, Birth:	1845
Year, Death:	1924
Profession:	Author
Country:	SWITZERLAND (CH)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1919
Nominator:
Name:	Erik Axel Karlfeldt
Gender:	M
Year, Birth:	1864
Year, Death:	1931
Profession:	NP lit 1931, member of the Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien), poet
University:	Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien)
City:	Stockholm
Country:	SWEDEN (SE)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1931
Comments:	The nomination was made jointly by K. A. Melin (see entry 24-1, 1916) and E.A. Karlfeldt, both of the Swedish Academy. The Prize for 1919 was awarded to C. Spitteler in 1920. The Nobel Committee decided to carry over a number of nominated candidates from the previous year, with members of the Nobel Committee acting as nominator (see entries 1916-24 through 1916-29).