Nobel Prize

Manne Siegbahn’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1925 (in Swedish) Eders K. Högheter, Mina Damer, Mina Herrar! Det är förvisso ett ansvarsfullt värv, som pålagts Svenska Vetenskapsakademien, då Akademien åtagit sig uppdraget att utdela de båda Nobelprisen för Fysik och Kemi. Det tillkommer icke mig – allra minst nu – att…

English Dario Fo’s speech of thanks at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1997 (Translation) Even though I don’t hold a glass in my hand, I’d like to raise a toast to a great Queen, a Queen of your past: Kristina. Kristina arrived in Italy in the late 17th century. As someone already mentioned, she came…

Italian Dario Fo’s speech of thanks at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1997 (in Italian) Io voglio fare un brindisi, anche senza bicchiere, a una grandissima regina, una vostra regina antica, che si chiamava Cristina. Cristina è arrivata in Italia verso la seconda metà del Seicento, proprio a Roma, come hanno già detto, e conobbe…

English Pablo Neruda’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1971 (Translation) Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, We come from far away, from that which is behind us and within us, from different languages, from countries that love one another. Here we are assembled in Stockholm, which this…

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Distinguished Colleagues and Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Having been selected as Nobel Laureates for Physiology or Medicine by the Nobel Foundation represents one of the most unique distinctions I can imagine. Also on behalf of my co-recipients, Dr. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Dr. Luc Montagnier, I…

Your Majesties, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me begin with a reflection on a personal story, that of a voyage through time. The medal I received from his Majesty this evening was designed by Erik Lindberg in 1902 to represent Nature in the form of the Goddess Isis – or eesis -…

Banquet speech 1970 As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1970, the speech was read by Karl Ragnar Gierow, Permanent Secretary of The Swedish Academy (Russian, French, Swedish) Banquet speech 1974 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10,…

As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1970, the speech was read by Karl Ragnar Gierow, Permanent Secretary of The Swedish Academy Translation into French Sire, Mesdames, Messieurs! J’éspère que mon absence involontaire n’assombrira pas la plénitude de la cérémonie d’aujourd’hui. Dans la série des brefs…

Russian Mikhail Sholokhov’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1965 *

English Mikhail Sholokhov’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1965 (Translation) On this solemn occasion I find it my pleasant duty to extend my thanks once more to the , which has awarded me the Nobel Prize. As I have already had occasion to testify in public, the…