“I may be very, very lucky so far” Telephone interview with Satoshi Ōmura following the announcement of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 5 October 2015. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Chief Scientific Officer of Nobel Media. [Satoshi Ōmura] Hello, is this Satoshi Ōmura. [Adam Smith] Hello, my name is Adam Smith, calling…

Interview, November 2004 English Interview with Elfriede Jelinek by freelance journalist Marika Griehsel in November, 2004. Why did you become a writer? Who inspired you? Elfriede Jelinek: As is said about most writers: on the one hand all I ever did from when I was a child was read, and I was a loner, which…

Transcript from an interview with Aaron Ciechanover, 2004 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, at the 57th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, July 2007. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. Aaron Ciechanover, co-recipient with Avram Hershko and Irwin Rose of the 2004 Nobel Prize…

Transcript from an interview with the 2004 Laureates in Economic Sciences, Finn E. Kydland and Edward C. Prescott, on 11 December 2004. Interviewers are Professor Karl-Gustaf Löfgren and Johanna Åström, post graduate student, Umeå University. We have the pleasure of welcoming the 2004…

Transcript from an interview with the 2004 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko and Irwin Rose, on 9 December 2004. Interviewer is Joanna Rose, science writer. Dr Ciechanover, Dr Hershko and Dr Rose, my congratulations to the Nobel Prize…

Transcript from an interview with Eric R. Kandel, 2000 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, on 13 June 2008. Interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. So, Eric Kandel, welcome to this interview with Nobelprize.org. Eric Kandel: Well thank you Adam, I’m very pleased to…

Transcript from an interview with Roger D. Kornberg, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, on 6 December 2006. Interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. Roger Kornberg, welcome back to Stockholm. Roger Kornberg: Thank you. I gather you know the town quite well having been here…

Transcript from an interview with Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, on 12 December 2006. Interviewer is Marika Griehsel, freelance journalist. First of all, welcome to this interview. Muhammed Yunus: Thank you. I’m very honoured to meet you. What did you think when the phone…

Transcript from an interview with Orhan Pamuk, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Literature, on 6 December 2006. Interviewer is Horace Engdahl, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy. My name is Horace Engdahl, I am the Permanent Secretary of the Swedish academy, and here beside me is Mr…

Translated and shortened version of the interview clips with 2014 Nobel Laureate in Literature Patrick Modiano, 6 December 2014. What made you become a writer? Patrick Modiano: I think I became a writer because I didn’t know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced me. I remember reading James Fenimore Cooper’s…