| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1949 |
| Number: | 16 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | John Steinbeck |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1902 |
| Year, Death: | 1968 |
| Profession: | Author |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1962 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Henri Maurice Peyre |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1901 |
| Year, Death: | 1988 |
| Profession: | Professor of French language and literature |
| University: | Yale University |
| City: | New Haven |
| State: | CT |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |