1977

History

Amnesty International was founded in 1961 by Peter Benenson, a British lawyer. It was originally his intention to launch an appeal in Britain with the aim of obtaining an amnesty for prisoners of conscience all over the world. The committee working for this cause soon found that a detailed documentation of this category of prisoners…

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Banquet speech

As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1977, the speech of thanks was read by Mr Jorge Padrón (in Spanish) Majestades, Altezas Reales, Señoras y Señores, En esta reunión tan grata para todos, unos, la mayoría, están aquí son su presencia física; alguna como yo con su asistencia…

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Nobel Prize lecture

English December 12, 1977 (Translation)   At a moment like this, so important in the life of a man of letters, I should like to express in the most eloquent words at my command the emotion that a human being feels and the gratitude he experiences in the face of an event such as that…

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Bibliography

Works in Spanish Ámbito. – Málaga : Litoral, 1928 Espadas como labios. – Madrid : Espasa–Calpe, 1932 Pasión de la tierra. – Mexico City : Fábula, 1935 La destrucción o el amor. – Madrid : Signo, 1935. – Rev. ed. 1944 Sombra del paraíso. – Madrid : Adán, 1944 En la vida del poeta. –…

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Nobel Prize lecture

Spanish 12 Diciembre, 1977 En una hora como esta, tan importante en la vida de un cultivador de las letras, quisiera expresar, con las palabras más bellas, la emoción que un hombre siente y la gratitud que experimenta en unos actos como los que ahora se desarrollan. Yo nací de una familia burguesa, pero tuve…

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Banquet speech

James E. Meade’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1977 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, What an exciting subject is economics and what an impossible combination of qualities does it not demand for its practice: Scientific observation of the facts of commercial life; commonsensical inference, from personal introspection, daily experience and…

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Nobel Prize lecture

Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 8, 1977 1933 and 1977 – Some Expansion Policy Problems in Cases of Unbalanced Domestic and International Economic Relations Pdf 175 kB

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Nobel Prize lecture

Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 8, 1977 The Meaning of “Internal Balance” I. It is a special privilege for me on this occasion to have my name associated with that of Professor Bertil Ohlin. By the younger generation of economists we are no doubt both regarded as what in my country are…

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