| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1903 |
| Number: | 19 - 2 |
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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: | Frédéric Passy |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1822 |
| Year, Death: | 1912 |
| Profession: | Veteran peace worker. Cofounder of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1901. |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
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| Comments: |
Passy also mentioned Ducommun, Cremer, Hodgson Pratt, Moneta and Bajer, but Suttner was his primary choice. |
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