| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1970 |
| Number: | 73 - 1 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Thornton Niven Wilder |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1897 |
| Year, Death: | 1975 |
| Profession: | Writer |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Hans Peter Wapnewski |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1922 |
| Year, Death: | 2012 |
| Profession: | Professor of Germanic Literature |
| University: | University of Karlsruhe |
| City: | Karlsruhe |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |