| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Number: | 37 - 3 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Tawfiq al-Hakim |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1898 |
| Year, Death: | 1987 |
| Profession: | Novelist, playwright |
| Country: | EGYPT (EG) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Nils Gösta Vitestam |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1921 |
| Year, Death: | 2005 |
| Profession: | Professor of Semitic languages |
| University: | Lund University |
| City: | Lund |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |