| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1963 |
| Number: | 41 - 3 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Väinö Linna |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1920 |
| Year, Death: | 1992 |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Aarni Penttilä |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor of Finnish language |
| University: | Institute of Education |
| City: | Jyväskylä (Jyvaskyla) |
| Country: | FINLAND (FI) |