| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1916 |
| Number: | 26 - 1 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Benito Pérez Galdós |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1843 |
| Year, Death: | 1920 |
| Profession: | Author |
| Country: | SPAIN (ES) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Harald G Hjärne |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Historian, politician, member of the Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien) |
| University: | Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien) |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
| Comments: | The nomination was made jointly by H. Hjärne and K.A. Melin (see entry 26-2, 1916),both of the Swedish Academy. 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). |
