| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Number: | 14 - 5 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Heinrich Böll |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1917 |
| Year, Death: | 1985 |
| Profession: | One of Germany´s foremost post-World War II writers |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1972 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Gerhard Nickel |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1928 |
| Year, Death: | 2015 |
| Profession: | Professor of English language and literature |
| University: | University of Stuttgart |
| City: | Stuttgart |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |