2 January, 2013 All information concerning the nominations and selections of the Nobel Laureates is kept secret for 50 years. Of the 66 individuals suggested for the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature 15 were new candidates. The Nobel Committee for Literature had American writer John Steinbeck, the English poet Robert Graves and French dramatist Jean…

Nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature each year (1901-1950) The number of nominations presented here are the total number of nominations that particular year – not the number of suggested induviduals, nor the number of approved nominations the particular Nobel Laureate recieved that year. All information concerning the nominations and selections of the Nobel…