Nobel Prize

Interview transcript – Hello. – Hello, is this Richard Axel? – Yes, it is. – Hello. My name is Joanna Rose. I am calling from Nobelprize.org, which is the official web site of the Nobel Foundation. May I ask you some questions and congratulate to the…

Interview transcript – Hello. – Hello, is this Linda Buck? – Yes, it is. – Hello, my name is Joanna Rose, I call from Sweden, from Nobelprize.org, which is the official web site of the Nobel Foundation, and I would like to congratulate you so much.…

Interview transcript – Hello. Good morning. – Good morning, good morning, Mr Pinter. Congratulations. I’m calling from the official website of the Nobel Foundation. – Yes. Well, thank you very much. – It’s fantastic news for us here; and I would like to hear what your thoughts were when you received the…

Interview transcript – Hello. – Hello. Dr Grubbs? – Yes. – This is Joanna Rose from Nobelprize.org … – Okay … – … the official site of the Nobel Foundation. – Yes? – I wanted just to record some questions and answers from…

Interview transcript – Hello. – Hello. My name is Joanna Rose and I’m calling from Nobelprize.org … – Okay. – … which is the official site of the Nobel Foundation. – Okay. – And we are making a recording now for our website. – Okay, thank…

Interview transcript – Âllo. – Hello. Is this Yves Chauvin? – Yes. – Hello. My name is Joanna Rose. I am calling from Nobelprize.org which is the official site of the Nobel Foundation. My congratulations to the Nobel Prize. – Thank you very much. – How are you feeling…

Interview transcript Your prize is the only peace prize, certainly, that has been explicitly given concerning genocide and the need of remembrance. There have been some prizes in literature, , , dealing with holocaust literature where I think in peace prize you are the only one and I wonder what your perspective…

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Interview transcript Professor Wole Soyinka, Nobel Literature Laureate 1986, welcome to our interview. Wole Soyinka: Thank you. Let’s start right at the very beginning. What were the circumstances of your birth, your early upbringing? Wole Soyinka: I was born into a Christian household, in a parsonage in fact, so I grew up…