Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1929
Number:17 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Nicholas Roerich
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1874
Year, Death:1947
Profession:Scenic designer, archaeologist, landscape painter
City:St Petersburg
Country:RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RU)
 
 
Nominator:
Name:Georges Chklaver
Gender:M
Profession:Chargé de conférences, Institut de hautes études internationales
University:Graduate Institute of International Studies
City:Geneva
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
 
Comments: Chklaver nominated Roerich on behalf of several other persons (most of them were not entitled to nominate), including Baron M. de Taube (member of the Institute of International Law). Roerich had emigrated to the United States in 1920. He was working as scenic designer for Diaghilev's Ballet Russes, archaeologist, Asiatic explorer and mystic philosopher.