2011

Nobel Prize lecture

English At the Nobel Lecture in Literature on 7 December 2011, a programme featuring texts by Tomas Tranströmer was introduced by Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy. Tomas and Monica Tranströmer, esteemed Academicians, Ladies and Gentlemen: I bid you a warm welcome to the Swedish Academy and this presentation marking the year’s Nobel…

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Nobel Prize lecture

Swedish Vid Nobelföreläsningen i litteratur den 7 december 2011 introducerade Peter Englund, Svenska Akademiens ständige sekreterare, ett program med texter av Tomas Tranströmer. Tomas och Monica Tranströmer, kära Akademiledamöter, mina damer och herrar. Hjärtligt välkomna till Svenska Akademien och detta arrangemang med anledning av årets Nobelpris i litteratur! God poesi är ett mäktigt ting. Det…

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Biographical

Internationally known as Africa’s “Iron Lady,” President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is a leading promoter of peace, justice and democratic rule. She grew up in Liberian capital of Monrovia, where she married and had four sons. President Johnson Sirleaf later moved to the United States where she earned an accounting degree from the Madison College of…

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Banquet speech

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Honored Guests and Colleagues, Friends and Families, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great honor and a pleasure for Brian Schmidt, Adam Riess, and me – together with our teams – to be here tonight.  We represent a community of scientists, with whom we tackled one of…

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