2001
Nobelpriset i litteratur år 2001 – Pressmeddelande
Press release
Swedish Ständige sekreteraren Pressmeddelande 11 oktober 2001 Nobelpriset i litteratur år 2001 V. S. Naipaul Nobelpriset i litteratur år 2001 går till den på Trinidad födde brittiske författaren V.S. Naipaul ”för att ha förenat lyhört berättande och omutlig iakttagelse i verk som dömer oss att se den bortträngda historiens närvaro”. V.S. Naipaul är en litterär…
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Press release
Press release
English The Permanent Secretary Press release 11 October 2001 The Nobel Prize in Literature 2001 V. S. Naipaul The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2001 is awarded to the British writer, born in Trinidad, V. S. Naipaul “for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of…
moreOpening address – 2001
Speech by Professor , Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Nobel Foundation Professor Bengt Samuelsson Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Honoured Nobel Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the Nobel Foundation, I want to welcome all of you to this Prize Award Ceremony and Nobel Prize Centennial celebration. I would especially…
moreNobel Banquet Menu 2001
Homard sur purée de chou-fleur et gelée de langoustines, salade de salicornes Caille farcie au foie gras et sa poêle des cèpes et tomates sechées, asperges vertes et purée de cerfeuil Duo des glace vanille et parfait cassis meringué VINS 1989 Louise Pommery Champagne 1997 Château Palmer Margaux 1998 Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Eiswien Mosel-Saar-Ruwer Café…
moreKofi Annan – Biographical
Biographical
Kofi A. Annan of Ghana, the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, is the first to be elected from the ranks of UN staff. His first five-year term began on 1 January 1997 and, following his subsequent re-appointment by the UN Member States, he will begin a second five-year term on 1 January 2002. As…
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Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Gunnar Berge, Chairman of , Oslo, December 10, 2001. Translation of the Norwegian text. Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, and, not least, this year’s and past year’s Peace Prize Laureates. Let me begin by extending a warm welcome to this year’s special Peace Prize award ceremony. The…
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