Nobel Prize

Banquet speech by Mr. Max Huber, one of the two official representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, on the Nobel Dinner, Oslo, December 10, 1945  

Niels K. Jerne’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1984 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Nobel Prize is a precious gift, and it is wonderful to receive this gift rather late in life: one does not then have to carry for a very long time the burden that this…

Michael Smith’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1993 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of Dr. Kary Mullis and myself, I would like to express our deep gratitude to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and to the Nobel Foundation for the honour that has been bestowed on us…

The following account of the work of Karl Gjellerup is by Sven Söderman, Swedish Critic Biographical-Critical Essay Karl Gjellerup was born in 1857 and died on October 13, 1919. Like Henrik Pontoppidan, he came from a family of ministers. He chose a career in the clergy although he felt no special calling for it; rather…

Robert B. Woodward’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1965 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. We are told that the Nobel festivities are a celebration of achievement. Therefore, I hope it will be regarded as appropriate for me to express my feeling that the things my fellow laureates and…

Nadine Gordimer’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1991 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Fellow Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, When the six-year-old daughter of a friend of mine overheard her father telling someone that I had been awarded the Nobel Prize, she asked whether I had ever received it before. He replied…

As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet December 10, 1984, the speech was given by his daughter Jana Seifertová (in French) Vos Majestés, Vos Altesses Royales, Mesdames et Messieurs, Ce que mon père à écrit, il l’a toujours écrit sans grandes prétentions. Seule, la spontanéité l’a toujours poussé; il n’a…

Luigi Pirandello’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1934 (Translation) I take deep satisfaction in expressing my respectful gratitude to Your Majesties for having graciously honoured this banquet with your presence. May I be permitted to add the expression of my deep gratitude for the kind welcome I…

Clinton Davisson’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1937 Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen: Before coming to Stockholm I talked in London with Professor and Mrs. Thomson who regret exceedingly their inability to be here on this great occasion. It is Professor Thomson’s desire that the spirit of my remarks be taken…

Igor Y. Tamm’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1958 Eders Majestäter, Eders Kungliga Högheter, Excellenser, Mina Damer och Herrar! Å mina och mina kollegers Cerenkov och Frank vägnar önskar jag uttrycka vår djupt kända tacksamhet för den stora ära, som vederfarits oss. Besides the feeling of an immense personal happiness, mixed…