Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five (5) times between 1937 and 1948; his nomination in 1948 would likely have resulted in his receiving it, were it not for his assassination.
Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize from 1937 to 1948. However, when the organization decided to award him the prize in 1948, he was assasinated.
Dostoevsky died before the nobel was created and he was not a posthumous candidate.He was never a candidate for a nobel..also 'cause it was first given out in 1901.
Gandhi didn't win any Nobel prize, although his name was put forward several times and there was a reasonable chance he would have won the prize in the year he was murdered. Nobel prizes can't be...