1971
Willy Brandt – Nobelvorlesung
Nobel Lecture
German Vortrag des Bundeskanzlers Willy Brandt am 11. Dezember 1971 in Oslo anlässlich der Verleihung des Friedens-Nobelpreises 1971 Friedenspolitik in unserer Zeit I. Der Friedens-Nobelpreis 1971 ist einem aktiven Politiker zuerkannt worden; also kann nur sein weitergehendes Bemühen, nicht eine abgeschlossene Leistung gewürdigt worden sein. Gestern habe ich danksagen dürfen, heute will ich über Friedenspolitik…
moreWilly Brandt – Acceptance Speech
Acceptance Speech
German Willy Brandt’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1971 (in German) Die hohe Ehre der Preisverleihung kann gewiss nur als eine Ermutigung meines politischen Strebens verstanden werden, nicht als ein abschliessendes Urteil. Ich nehme diese Auszeichnung an im Gefühl der Verbundenheit mit allen,…
moreWilly Brandt – Acceptance Speech
Acceptance Speech
English Willy Brandt’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1971 (Translation) The great honour bestowed on me by the awarding of this prize can only, I believe, be understood as an encouragement to my political endeavours, not as a final judgement upon them. I…
morePablo Neruda – Bibliography
Bibliography
Works in Spanish Crepusculario. – Santiago : Claridad, 1923 Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada. – Santiago : Nascimento, 1924 Tentativa del hombre infinito. – Santiago : Nascimento, 1926 Anillos / Pablo Neruda, Tomás Lago. – Santiago : Nascimento, 1926 El habitante y su esperanza. – Santiago : Nascimento, 1926 El hondero entusiasta.…
morePablo Neruda – Poetry
Poetry
English Youth Acid and sword blade: the fragrance of plum in the pathways: tooth’s sweetmeat of kisses, power and spilth on the fingers, the yielding erotic of pulps, hayricks and threshing floors, clandestine recesses that tempt through the vastness of houses; bolsters asleep in the past, the bitter green valley, seen from above, from the…
moreSimon Kuznets – Prize Lecture
Nobel Lecture
Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 11, 1971 Modern Economic Growth: Findings and Reflections 1. Definitions A country’s economic growth may be defined as a long-term rise in capacity to supply increasingly diverse economic goods to its population, this growing capacity based on advancing technology and the institutional and ideological adjustments that it…
moreSimon Kuznets – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Simon Kuznets’ speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1971 Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellency, Ladies and Gentlemen, When, over fifty years ago, I first became interested in economics – as a discipline that provided the key to social structure and social problems – it never crossed my mind that one day I…
moreGerhard Herzberg – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture
Gerhard Herzberg – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Gerhard Herzberg’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1971 Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is very difficult to find appropriate words to say “thank you” for an honour like the Nobel Prize. It is the supreme honour that a scientist can receive. Some of the giants in physics…
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