Have both Benjamin Spock and Yaşar Kemal been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature?
Yaşar Kemal Yaşar Kemal (born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli; 6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a Turkish writer and human rights activist of Kurdish origin. He was one of Turkey's leading writers. He received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature on the strength of "Memed, My Hawk".
Stephen Karam Stephen Karam is an American playwright and screenwriter. His plays "Sons of the Prophet", a comedy-drama about a Lebanese-American family, and "The Humans" were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2012 and 2016, respectively. "The Humans" won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play.