Nobel Prize

French Le 7 décembre 2010 Éloge de la lecture et de la fiction J’ai appris à lire à l’âge de cinq ans, dans la classe du frère Justiniano, au collège de La Salle à Cochabamba (Bolivie). C’est ce qui m’est arrivé de plus important dans la vie. Presque soixante-dix ans après je me rappelle nettement…

Spanish 7 diciembre de 2010 Elogio de la lectura y la ficción Aprendí a leer a los cinco años, en la clase del hermano Justiniano, en el Colegio de la Salle, en Cochabamba (Bolivia). Es la cosa más importante que me ha pasado en la vida. Casi setenta años después recuerdo con nitidez cómo esa…

English December 7, 2010 In Praise of Reading and Fiction I learned to read at the age of five, in Brother Justiniano’s class at the De la Salle Academy in Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is the most important thing that has ever happened to me. Almost seventy years later I…

Swedish 7 december 2010 En hyllning till läsningen och dikten Jag lärde mig läsa vid fem års ålder i Broder Justinianos skolklass på läroverket La Salle i Cochabamba (Bolivia). Det är det viktigaste som har hänt mig i hela mitt liv. Nästan sjuttio år senare minns jag tydligt hur detta magiska sätt att översätta ord…

Spanish Nobel Lecture, December 13, 1971 Hacia la ciudad espléndida Mi discurso será una larga travesía, un viaje mío por regiones lejanas y antípodas, no por eso menos semejantes al paisaje y a las soledades del norte. Hablo del extremo sur de mi país. Tanto y tanto nos alejamos los chilenos hasta tocar con nuestros…

English Nobel Lecture, December 13, 1971 (Translation) Towards the Splendid City My speech is going to be a long journey, a trip that I have taken through regions that are distant and antipodean, but not for that reason any less similar to the landscape and the solitude in Scandinavia. I refer to the way in…

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1977 by Mümtaz Soysal We are gratified that the Nobel Committee should see fit to award the 1977 Peace Prize to the 168,000 individuals in 107 countries who comprise the active members and supporters of Amnesty International. I am here in their name. We are gratified for this acknowledgement that the…

Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1974 The Imperatives of Survival Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is nearly with a feeling of despair that I come to your beautiful country and city to receive this hardly deserved honor. Despair partly because we are living in a world where war, violence, brutality and ever increasing armament dominate the…

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1964 The quest for peace and justice It is impossible to begin this lecture without again expressing my deep appreciation to the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament for bestowing upon me and the civil rights movement in the United States such a great honor. Occasionally in life there are those…

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1963 Some Aspects of the Mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross The International Committee of the Red Cross, being an institution unique of its kind, I feel I should say a few words about what it is and what its activities are. It is a private, independent body,…