| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1903 |
| Number: | 4 - 1 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Lev Nikolaevich (Leo) Tolstoy |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1828 |
| Year, Death: | 1910 |
| Profession: | Author |
| Country: | RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RU) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Ludovic Halévy |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of the French Academy (Académie française) |
| City: | Paris |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
| Comments: | Addendum to entries 1903:4-1, 17-1, 18-0: In a letter dated Feb. 1, 1903, Christen Collin (assoc. prof at Christiania University (now Oslo), NO) proposes that the Prize be shared between Björnstjerne Björnson and Henrik Ibsen; alternatively between Björnson and Leo Tolstoy, or awarded solely to Björnson. |