| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1905 |
| Number: | 16 - 26 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Baroness Bertha Sophie F von Suttner |
| Gender: | F |
| Year, Birth: | 1843 |
| Year, Death: | 1914 |
| Profession: | Author. Vice president of the Permanent International Peace Bureau. |
| City: | Vienna |
| Country: | AUSTRIA (AT) |
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1905 |
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| Motivation: | Suttner was the author of the novel "Die Waffen nieder" (Lay Down Your Arms), the most important antiwar novel of the period. She was the founder and president of the Austrian Peace Society (1891), and she contributed to the foundation of the Permanent International Peace Bureau (1891). Suttner was nominated for her contribution to the international peace movement.
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Ritter Wladimir von Gniewosz-Olexow |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of the Austrian parliament |
| City: | Vienna |
| Country: | AUSTRIA (AT) |
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| Comments: |
Gniewosz-Olexow also nominated Richard Bartholdt, but Bertha von Suttner was his primary choice. |
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