2006

Nobel Prize lecture

Norwegian Nobel Lecture, Oslo, 10. desember, 2006. Deres Majesteter, Deres Kongelige Høyheter, ærede medlemmer av den norske Nobelkomiteen, Eksellenser, Mine damer og herrer, Jeg er sammen med Grameen Bank svært beæret over å motta denne meget prestisjefylte prisen. Vi er begeistret og overveldet over å ha blitt vist en slik ære. Helt siden det ble…

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Banquet speech

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen When I was a teenager I learned to play the trumpet. Music became my passion. Then, when I was in college at Amherst, my father asked me a favor: to take one course in economics. I loved it – for the challenge of its…

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Biographical

English Half of my book Istanbul is about the city; the other half chronicles the first 22 years of my life. I remember my huge disillusionment when it was finished. Of all the things I had wanted to express about my life, of all the memories that I considered the most crucial, only a few…

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