2015
Tomas Lindahl – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Ers Majestäter, Ers Kungliga högheter, Excellenser, Kära pristagare, Mina damer och herrar, Jag tackar för äran att ha tilldelats Nobelpriset i kemi tillsammans med professor Modrich och professor Sancar. The topic of my brief comments will be the crucial importance of our early mentors and teachers. I had the privilege of attending…
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Svetlana Alexievich – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
English Svetlana Alexievich’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2015 (translation into English). I would like to thank the Swedish Academy for this distinguished award, which I dare not claim as mine alone. Rather, I see it as a tribute to the many generations who not so very long ago lived…
moreSvetlana Alexievich – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Russian/Belarusian Svetlana Alexievich’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2015. Я благодарю Шведскую академию за высокую награду, которую не смею себе присвоить, я понимаю ее, как поклон многим поколениям советских людей, которые еще недавно жили вместе в огромной стране СССР – марксистской лаборатории светлого будущего.Как поклон их страданиям, их боли. Они уходили ив…
moreAngus Deaton – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Your majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen. When I was a boy living in Edinburgh in Scotland, especially in December, when the hours of daylight were few, and it was cold, and often wet, I used to dream of escaping to a tropical magic kingdom. I searched the…
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