| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1948 |
| Number: | 1 - 1 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Halldór Kiljan Laxness |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1902 |
| Year, Death: | 1998 |
| Profession: | Author |
| Country: | ICELAND (IS) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1955 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Einar O Sveinsson |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor of history of literature, literary scholar, folklorist |
| University: | Iceland University |
| City: | Reykjavik |
| Country: | ICELAND (IS) |
| Comments: | S. Nordal and E. Sveinsson nominated H. Laxness, see entries 1-0 and 1-1. |