The Nobel Prize in Physics
J. Georg Bednorz and K. Alexander Müller "for their important break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials"

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Donald J. Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J. Pedersen "for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity"

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Susumu Tonegawa "for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity"

The Nobel Prize in Literature
Joseph Brodsky "for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity"

The Nobel Peace Prize
Oscar Arias Sánchez "for his work for peace in Central America, efforts which led to the accord signed in Guatemala on August 7 this year"

The Prize in Economic Sciences
Robert M. Solow "for his contributions to the theory of economic growth"