| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Number: | 48 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Emil Erich Kästner |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1899 |
| Year, Death: | 1974 |
| Profession: | German author, poet, screenwriter and satirist |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Johann Maier |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1933 |
| Year, Death: | 2019 |
| Profession: | Professor, judaist, historian and theologian |
| Department: | Martin Buber Institute for Jewish Studies |
| University: | University of Köln |
| City: | Köln |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |