| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Number: | 33 - 2 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Günter Grass |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1927 |
| Year, Death: | 2015 |
| Profession: | German author and artist |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Emil Ploss |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1925 |
| Year, Death: | 1972 |
| Profession: | Professor of Germanic philology and Germanic studies |
| University: | Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |