| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | 
| Year: | 1935 | 
| Number: | 5 - 0 | 
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| Nominee: 
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| Name: | Frans E Sillanpää | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1888 | 
| Year, Death: | 1964 | 
| Profession: | Author | 
| Country: | FINLAND (FI) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1939 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Rafael Waldemar  Erich | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1879 | 
| Year, Death: | 1946 | 
| Profession: | Lawyer, minister (gov´t), member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters | 
| University: | Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters | 
| City: | Helsinki | 
| Country: | FINLAND (FI) | 
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| Comments: | F. Sillanpää was nominated by R. Erich, E. Setälä, and Y. Hirn, all members of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters (see entries 5-0 through 5-2).
Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters: Finska Vetenskapssocieteten; Suomen Tiedeseura. | 
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