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".
Melvin Jules Bukiet Melvin Jules Bukiet is an author and literary critic. He has written a number of novels, including "Sandman's Dust", "After", "While the Messiah Tarries", "Signs and Wonders", "Strange Fire", and "A Faker's Dozen". He edited the collections "Neurotica: Jewish Writers on Sex", "Nothing Makes You Free", and "Scribblers on the Roof". He won the 1992 Edward Lewis Wallant Award.