| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1971 |
| Number: | 31 - 2 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Günter Wilhelm Grass |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1927 |
| Year, Death: | 2015 |
| Profession: | German author and artist |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1999 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Lauri Veikko Seppänen |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1924 |
| Year, Death: | 2009 |
| Profession: | Professor of Germanic linguistics |
| University: | University of Tammerfors |
| City: | Tammerfors |
| Country: | FINLAND (FI) |