Nobel Prize

Presentation Speech by Professor Per Ahlberg of the , December 10, 2001. Translation of the Swedish text. Professor Per Ahlberg delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Honoured Nobel Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Science is exciting. At least I…

  The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001             The prize is being awarded to William S. Knowles Ryoji Noyori K. Barry Sharpless Photos: PRB This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry is about molecules that exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other. Often it is important to…

  Presentation Speech by Horace Engdahl, Ph.D., Permanent Secretary of the December 10, 2001. Translation of the Swedish text. Dr. Horace Engdahl delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Honoured Nobel Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, In the Middle Ages,…

French Notice biobibliographique L’écrivain britannique, né en Trinidad, V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad) Naipaul est né en 1932 à Chaguanas, près de Port of Spain à Trinidad, dans une famille de descendants d’immigrants originaires du nord de l’Inde. Son grand-père était coupeur de canne, son père journaliste et écrivain. À l’âge de 18 ans, Naipaul se rend en…

French L’écrivain britannique, né en Trinidad, V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad) Naipaul est né en 1932 à Chaguanas, près de Port of Spain à Trinidad, dans une famille de descendants d’immigrants originaires du nord de l’Inde. Son grand-père était coupeur de canne, son père journaliste et écrivain. À l’âge de 18 ans, Naipaul se rend en Angleterre où…

Swedish Biobibliografisk notis Den på Trinidad födde brittiske författaren V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad) Naipaul föddes 1932 i Chaguanas nära Port of Spain på Trinidad i en familj av ättlingar till invandrare från norra Indien. Farfadern var sockerrörsarbetare, fadern journalist och författare. Vid 18 års ålder begav sig Naipaul till England, där han efter studier vid University College…

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English Biobibliographical Notes The British writer, born in Trinidad, V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad) Naipaul was born in 1932 in Chaguanas, close to the Port of Spain on Trinidad, in a family descended from immigrants from the north of India. His grandfather worked in a sugar cane plantation and his father was a journalist and writer. At the…

Naipaul is Truly a Nobel Man in a Free State by David Pryce-Jones The Nobel Prize for literature has gone to someone who deserves it. Like the great masters of the past, V.S. Naipaul tells stories which show us ourselves and the reality we live in. His use of language is as precise as it…