1998
Press release
Press release
English Swedish Academy The Permanent Secretary Press release October 8, 1998 The Nobel Prize for Literature 1998 José Saramago “who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality” The Portuguese writer José Saramago will be 76 in November. A writer of prose, from a working-class…
morePrémio Nobel da Literatura 1998 – Communicado à imprensa
Press release
Portuguese Academia Sueca O Secretário permanente Communicado à imprensa 8 de Outubro de 1998 Prémio Nobel da Literatura 1998 José Saramago “que, com parábolas portadoras de imaginação, compaixão e ironia torna constantemente compreensível uma realidade fugidia” O português José Saramago faz 76 anos de idade em Novembro. É um prosador oriundo da classe trabalhadora que…
morePrix Nobel de littérature 1998 – Communiqué de presse
Press release
French Académie suédoise Le secrétaire perpetuel Communiqué de presse Le 8 octobre 1998 Prix Nobel de littérature 1998 José Saramago « qui, grâce à des paraboles soutenues par l’imagination, la compassion et l’ironie, rend sans cesse à nouveau tangible une réalité fuyante » Le Portugais José Saramago va avoir 76 ans en novembre. C’est un…
moreNobel Banquet Menu 1998
Fonds d´artichaut marinés et garnis aux crevettes,aux écrevisses et au fenouilSuprême de poulet au thym et au poivre noir de JavaRagoût de légumes de saison et petit rouleau aux champignons, Sauce à la crème de topinamboursGlace NobelGlace au chocolat blancet sorbet aux mûres sauvages VINSChampagne Pommery 1991Brut Millésimé Corton Les BressandesGrand Cru 1989 Prince Florent…
moreAward ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Professor Francis Sejersted delivering his speech. © Knudsens fotosenter/Dextra Photo, Norsk Teknisk Museum. Presentation Speech by Professor Francis Sejersted, Chairman of the , Oslo, December 10, 1998. Translation of the Norwegian text. Your Majesties, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, On Good Friday this year, an agreement was signed which has rightly been seen as a breakthrough…
moreJohn Hume – Biographical
Biographical
John Hume is married to Pat and they have three daughters and two sons. He was a leader of the non-violent Civil Rights Movement in 1968 to 1969 having established a record of community leadership through his founding role in Derry Credit Union, Derry Housing Association and his organisation of the “University for Derry” campaign.…
moreDavid Trimble – Biographical
Biographical
David Trimble was born in Bangor, Northern Ireland on 15 October 1944. He was educated at Bangor Grammar School, and graduated from Queen’s University, Belfast in 1968 with a first-class honours degree in Law. He was called to the Northern Ireland Bar in 1969, and, in the same year, became a lecturer in Law at…
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