1959
Philip Noel-Baker – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1959 Peace and the Arms Race Yesterday I tried to express my gratitude for the honor which I have received. Why has it come? [Mr. Gunnar Jahn, in his , gave part of the answer.] I have been of all men the most fortunate of all. I was my father’s son.…
moreSalvatore Quasimodo – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Italian Salvatore Quasimodo’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1959 Ho sempre pensato al regno di Svezia come a una patria adottiva degli uomini che ricevono il Premio Nobel, cioè un riconoscimento unico e revente nella civiltà contemporanea. Nessun’altra nazione, infatti, è riuscita a proporre o a concretare…
moreSalvatore Quasimodo – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
English Salvatore Quasimodo’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1959 (Translation) I have always thought of Sweden as a country adopted by the men who received the Nobel Prize, that unique and brilliant distinction in contemporary civilization. No other nation, in fact, has succeeded in proposing, much less…
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