Nobel Prize

Anne L’Huillier’s speech at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2023. Your Majesties,Your Royal Highnesses,Excellences,Dear laureates,Ladies and gentlemen Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and I thank the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Foundation for awarding us the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023. 122 years ago, was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics,…

German Nelly Sachs’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1966 Eure Majestät, Eure Königliche Hoheiten, meine verehrten Zuhörer: Im Sommer 1939 reiste meine deutsche Freundin nach Schweden, um aufzusuchen und um ihre Hilfe zu bitten, eine Freistatt für meine Mutter und mich in Schweden zu erwirken. Ich hatte…

Spanish Pablo Neruda’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1971 Altezas, Señoras y Señores, Venimos de muy lejos, de fuera o de dentro de nosotros mismos, de idiomas contrapuestos, de países que se aman. Aquí nos encontramos, en Estocolmo, en esta noche central del mundo. Hemos llegado de…

Ben Bernanke’s speech at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2022. Your Majesties. Your Royal Highnesses. Excellences. Dear laureates. Ladies and gentlemen: On behalf of Professor Douglas Diamond, Professor Philip Dybvig, and myself, we wish to thank the Sveriges Riksbank, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and the Nobel Foundation. My colleagues and I would…

Annie Ernaux’s speech at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2022. Vos Majestés Vos Altesses Royales Excellences Chers Lauréats Mesdames et Messieurs J’avais 17 ans, en 1957, quand j’ai appris à la radio qu’ avait reçu le prix Nobel de littérature à Stockholm. Je découvrais avec un mélange de fierté et de bonheur que l’auteur…

Svante Pääbo’s speech at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2022. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Dear fellow Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute and the Nobel Foundation for this great honor. I did not ever imagine I would be standing here. I grew…

Carolyn R. Bertozzi’s speech at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2022. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellences, Dear Laureates, Ladies and gentlemen. On behalf of Profs. Morten Meldal, Barry Sharpless and myself, we thank the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Foundation for this magnificent honor.  We are indebted to our…

Alain Aspect’s speech at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2022. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Dear Laureates, Ladies and gentlemen: On behalf of Dr John Clauser, Prof Anton Zeilinger and myself, we wish to thank The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Foundation for the invaluable honour of this prize. That…

https://youtu.be/JjE6ZK8vvcE Esther Duflo’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2019. Your majesties, your royal highnesses, your excellencies, dear laureates, ladies and Gentlemen, It is my honor and privilege to speak on behalf of Abhijit Banerjee, Michael Kremer and myself, laureates of the The Sveriges Riksbanks Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel…

https://youtu.be/XhTd9sLl_oo Peter Handke’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2019. This is the first « toast » in my life. In my old english dictionary « to toast » means: to greet, in distance a beautiful lady… » This is the second time in my life, I address myself to a King and a…