Nobel Prize

Interview with 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in literature, Annie Ernaux, recorded in Stockholm on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. This is the English translation of the interview. Tell us about your childhood Annie Ernaux: I had a childhood deeply influenced by reading. As far back as I can remember, as soon…

Annie Ernaux in her book-filled home in Cergy, outside Paris, 2025. Annie Ernaux: ‘Women who died from illegal abortions deserve a monument’ This article was published in March 2026. “Every moment of that abortion was a surprise to me,” says Annie Ernaux. The French Nobel Prize laureate in literature is talking about a backstreet abortion…

Interview with the 2022 economic sciences laureate Philip Dybvig on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Where does your passion for economics come from?  Philip Dybvig: That’s a complicated question. I actually have passions for a lot of things. Close to when she passed, my mom taught me something about myself.…

Interview with the 2022 economic sciences laureate Douglas Diamond on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Where does your passion for economics come from?  Douglas Diamond: I started in high school really liking physical science. I got interested in doing research from taking an advanced biology course in high school and…

Interview with Ales Bialiatski’s wife, Natalia Pinchuk, September 2023 in Oslo, Norway. Tell us about your husband, Ales Bialiatski, and his work.  Natalia Pinchuk: Ales has always been a supporter and a strong believer of human rights and freedoms, and the freedom of the country to choose its own path and independence.    How do you…

Interview with the 2022 economic sciences laureate Ben Bernanke on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Where does your passion for economics come from?  Ben Bernanke: I got interested in economics in college and it was because I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I was looking at all different…

Interview with Oleksandra Matviichuk, Head of Center for Civil Liberties, September 2023 in Oslo, Norway. What was your first reaction on hearing the news of your Nobel Peace Prize?  Oleksandra Matviichuk: When we got this information, I was very surprised. I couldn’t believe it, because we have never even dreamt about the Nobel Peace Prize…

Interview with the 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry K. Barry Sharpless on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. How does it feel to be back in Stockholm to receive your second Nobel Prize?  K. Barry Sharpless: I’m not great in social circumstances, so I feel uncomfortable when I’m under the…

Interview with the 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry Morten Meldal on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. What do you enjoy about science?  Morten Meldal: I love to do things practically. I’m actually in the lab with my coworkers quite a lot. We’re doing exciting projects in the fume hood.…

Iwas born in 1940 in Lillebonne, a small working-class town twenty-five kilometres from Le Havre. I was an only child and my parents, Alphonse and Blanche Duchesne, ran a small café-grocery in the spinning mill dis­trict. They had lost a little girl of six before I was born. My earliest memo­ries are inseparable from the…