Nobel Prize

George H. Hitchings delivering his speech of thanks at the Nobel Prize banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1988. George H. Hitchings’ speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1988 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of my colleagues and myself, I wish to express our deepest thanks for…

Toni Morrison delivering her speech. © Nobel Foundation. Photo: Boo Jonsson Toni Morrison’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1993 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I entered this hall pleasantly haunted by those who have entered it before me. That company of Laureates is both daunting and welcoming, for among its…

Saul Bellow’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1976 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, There are not many things on which the world agrees but everyone I think acknowledges the importance of a Nobel Prize. I myself take most seriously the Nobel Committee’s recognition of the highest excellence in several fields…

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to begin by observing that scientific research is a communal activity and that neither Bengt Holmström nor I could have won this prize without the help of many others. We had the crucial support of our teachers, co-authors, students, and…

Nobel Banquet speech, 10 December 2016 Good evening, everyone. I extend my warmest greetings to the members of the Swedish Academy and to all of the other distinguished guests in attendance tonight. I’m sorry I can’t be with you in person, but please know that I am most definitely with you in…

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellences, Dear Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen: On behalf of David Thouless, Michael Kosterlitz, and myself, I would like to thank Your Majesties, the Nobel Foundation, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for honoring  our early work on “Topological Phase Transitions” and “Topological Phases of Matter”. The…

Swedish Selma Lagerlöf’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at Grand Hôtel, Stockholm, December 10, 1909 (in Swedish) “Kungliga högheter! Mina damer och herrar! Det var för några dar sen, då jag satt på tåget för att resa till Stockholm. Det led mot kvällen. Det var mörkt ute och rätt skumt i kupén. Mina medresande slumrade…

English Selma Lagerlöf’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at Grand Hôtel, Stockholm, December 10, 1909 (Translation) A few days ago I was sitting in the train, bound for Stockholm. It was early evening; there was little light in my compartment and none at all outside. My fellow passengers were dozing in their respective corners, and…

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard delivering her speech of thanks at the Nobel Prize banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1995. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1995 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is not easy to express how I feel at this time, which is truly a high…

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Min Vackra Fru, Ladies and Gentlemen. I thank the for finding my work worthy of this highest honor. In my heart there may be doubt that I deserve the Nobel award over other men of letters whom I hold in respect and reverence – but there is…