Nobel Prize

Theodor Kocher’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1909 (in German) Er freut sich, seinen Dank für die prächtigen Festlichkeiten ausdrücken zu können, die durch die herzliche Teilnahme aller Kreise bis zum Königshaus hinauf ihre Weihe erhalten. Er ist voll Bewunderung für die Uneigennützigkeit, die sich in der ganzen Nobelstiftung und der…

Ronald Ross’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1902 Your Royal Highnesses, grefve Mörner and gentlemen, I beg to thank you for the very great honour you have done me in drinking to my health this evening; and you, Professor Mörner, for the eloquent and flattering terms in which you proposed the…

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Banquet speech by Miss Margaret A. Backhouse, representing both Laureates, on the Nobel Dinner, Oslo, December 10, 1947 We have listened to at the present time, but I must not be tempted to enter into a discussion of this situation. The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to British and American committees of the Society…

Nathan Söderblom’s Banquet speech at the Nobel banquet at Grand Hôtel, Oslo, Norway, December 10, 1929. (In Swedish.) När jag skall betyga min tacksamhet för de vänliga ord, som här riktats till mig och min hustru, så rinner mig ovillkorligen i sinnet den första muntliga välkomsthälsning som norsk tunga bragte mig på denna resa till…

Frank B. Kellogg’s Banquet speech* at the Nobel banquet at Grand Hôtel, Oslo, Norway, December 10, 1930. I have several times been asked by members of the press since I arrived in Oslo to discuss the subject of disarmament. I have received a large number of letters and telegrams making the same request. I have…

English For me, a farm boy from Gaomi’s Northeast Township in far-away China, standing here in this world-famous hall after having received the Nobel Prize in Literature feels like a fairy tale, but of course it is true. My experiences during the months since the announcement have made me aware of the…

Swedish Mo Yans tal på Nobelbanketten 10 December 2012 Ers Majestäter, Ers Kungliga Högheter, mina damer och herrar! Att jag, en bondpojke från Gaomi nordöstra socken i det avlägsna Kina, står här i denna världsberömda sal efter att ha tagit emot Nobelpriset i litteratur…

Wislawa Szymborska delivering her banquet speech, 10 December 1996. Wisława Szymborska’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1996 (in French) Personne n’a de routine de recevoir le Prix Nobel. De même personne n’a de routine d’en exprimer sa reconnaissance. Dans ma langue maternelle, comme dans chaque langue d’ailleurs, il y a beaucoup de mots…

As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1903, a telegrem was read by Professor the Count K.A.H. Mörner, Rector of the (in Danish) Köpenhamn d. 10/12 1903 “Herr Rektor Greve Mörner! Jeg beder dem overbringe den højtærede Forsamling min Hilsen og min Beklagelse över ikke at…