| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1931 |
| Number: | 20 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Ivan S Sjmeljov |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1875 |
| Year, Death: | 1950 |
| Profession: | Author |
| Country: | U.S.S.R. (SU) now RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RU) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Thomas Mann |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1875 |
| Year, Death: | 1955 |
| Profession: | Author, NP lit 1929 |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Comments: | Thomas Mann also nominated Hermann Hesse in a separate nomination, entry 19-0. |