| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Number: | 14 - 6 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Heinrich Böll |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1917 |
| Year, Death: | 1985 |
| Profession: | One of Germany´s foremost post-World War II writers |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Marcel Reich-Ranicki |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1920 |
| Year, Death: | 2013 |
| Profession: | Literary critic |
| City: | Hamburg |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |