| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1902 |
| Number: | 20 - 5 |
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Nominee 1:
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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. |
| Country: | AUSTRIA (AT) |
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1905 |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | The Permanent International Peace Bureau |
| Profession: | Central office through which peace activities could be coordinated |
| City: | Bern |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1910 |
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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.
The Peace Bureau organized peace conferences, and it collected and published peace literature. It was the heart of the European peace movement, and it co-ordinated the activities of the various national and non-governmental peace organizations. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Adolf Richter |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1839 |
| Year, Death: | 1914 |
| Profession: | Professor. Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau. |
| City: | Pforzheim |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| Comments: |
An individual prize to Suttner was Richter's primary choice. In case the Nobel Committee should decide on a divided prize, he also nominated the Peace Bureau. |
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