1978

Interview

Interview transcript Professor Werner Arber, welcome to be with us here in Lindau. Werner Arber: Thank you. Though some years have passed since you were receiving the big honour. At the time, what did you think would come out of being given the prize? Did it change your scientific work in any…

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Nobel Prize lecture

Nobel Lecture, December 10, 1978 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Madame Chairlady and Members of the Nobel Prize Committee, Mr Marei, representative of the President of Egypt, Ladies and Gentlemen. I ask for permission first to pay tribute to Golda Meir, my predecessor, a great leader and Prime Minister, who strove with all…

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Nobel Prize lecture

Nobel Lecture, December 10, 1978 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Mr. Prime Minister of Israel, Madame Chairman and Members of The Nobel Peace Prize Committee, Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Peace be upon you. This is the traditional way in which, everyday, we greet one another. It reflects our deepest feelings and hopes. We…

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Banquet speech

Isaac Bashevis Singer’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1978 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, People ask me often, ‘Why do you write in a dying language?’ And I want to explain it in a few words. Firstly, I like to write ghost stories and nothing fits a ghost better than…

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Bibliography

Works in Yiddish Der sotn in goray. – Warsaw : Yiddish PEN-Klub, 1935 ; New York : Matones, 1943 Di familye moshkat. – 2 vol. – New York : Sklarsky, 1950 Mayn tatns bes-din shtub. – New York : Der Kval, 1956 ; Tel Aviv : Y. L. Perets, 1979 Gimpel tam un andere dertseylungen.…

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