| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1971 |
| Number: | 12 - 5 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Jorge Luis Borges |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1899 |
| Year, Death: | 1986 |
| Profession: | Short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator |
| University: | University of Buenos Aires |
| City: | Buenos Aires |
| Country: | ARGENTINA (AR) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Yakov Malkiel |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1914 |
| Year, Death: | 1998 |
| Profession: | Professor of Romance philology and literature |
| University: | University of California |
| City: | Berkeley |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |