| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Number: | 38 - 1 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Andreas William Heinesen |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1900 |
| Year, Death: | 1991 |
| Profession: | Poet, writer |
| City: | Torshavn |
| Country: | FAROE ISLANDS (FO) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Harald Noreng |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1913 |
| Year, Death: | 2006 |
| Profession: | Professor of Nordic literary history |
| University: | University of Bergen |
| City: | Bergen |
| Country: | NORWAY (NO) |