| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Number: | 16 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Aimé Césaire |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1913 |
| Year, Death: | 2008 |
| Profession: | Poet, author |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Léopold Sédar Senghor |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1906 |
| Year, Death: | 2001 |
| Profession: | President of Senegal, poet |
| City: | Dakar |
| Country: | SENEGAL (SN) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Lassi Nummi |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1928 |
| Year, Death: | 2012 |
| Profession: | Chairman of the Finnish Writers Association |
| City: | Helsinki |
| Country: | FINLAND (FI) |