Nobel Prize

Nobel Banquet at the Golden Hall of the Stockholm City Hall on 10 December 1950.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/sFJujtGULXg Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 to Abdulrazak Gurnah, presented by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 7 October 2021. After the announcement Anders Olsson, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Literature, presented the laureate in Swedish and English and answered questions from the audience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-6f1IPOm5c Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 to Louise Glück, presented by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 8 October 2020. After the announcement Anders Olsson, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Literature, presented the laureate in Swedish and English and answered questions from the audience.

Swedish Ständige sekreteraren Pressmeddelande 8 oktober 2020   Nobelpriset i litteratur år 2020 Louise Glück Nobelpriset i litteratur år 2020 tilldelas den amerikanska poeten Louise Glück ”för hennes omisskännliga poetiska röst, som med sträng skönhet gör den enskilda människans existens universell”.

English The Permanent Secretary Press release 8 October 2020   The Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 Louise Glück The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2020 is awarded to the American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”.

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of five, appointed by the Storting (the Norwegian parliament). The Norwegian Nobel Committee 2025 Members Jørgen Watne Frydnes (Chair) Asle Toje (Vice Chair) Anne Enger Kristin Clemet Gry Larsen Kristian Berg Harpviken (Secretary) According to the rules laid down by the Storting, election to the committee…

On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes, the Nobel Prizes. As described in Nobel’s will one part was dedicated to “the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal…

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The Nobel Prize laureates are required “to give a lecture on a subject connected with the work for which the prize has been awarded according to the Nobel Foundation statutes. The lecture should be given before, or no later than six months after, the Nobel Prize award ceremony, which takes place in Stockholm or, in…