1974

Nobel Lecture

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1974 The Pursuit of Peace and Japan in the Nuclear Age Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Having the exceptional honor to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, rich in tradition and honored throughout the world, before such a distinguished assembly, was, indeed, the most memorable occasion of my life. I believe that it…

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Bibliography

Works in Swedish De fyra främlingarna. – Stockholm : Tiden, 1924 Timans och rättfärdigheten. – Stockholm : Bonnier, 1925 Stad i mörker. – Stockholm : Bonnier, 1927 Minnas – 1928 Stad i ljus : en historia från Paris. – Stockholm : Tiden, 1928 Kommentar till ett stjärnfall. – Stockholm : Bonnier, 1929 Avsked till Hamlet…

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Bibliography

Works in Swedish Spökskepp. – Stockholm : Bonnier, 1929 Nomad. – Stockholm : Bonnier, 1931 Resor utan mål. – Stockholm : Bonnier, 1932 Kap Farväl!. – Stockholm : Bonnier, 1933 Natur. – Stockholm : Bonnier, 1934 Nässlorna blomma. – Stockholm : Bonnier, 1935 Vägen ut. – Stockholm : Bonnier, 1936 Svärmare och harkrank. – Stockholm…

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Banquet speech

Eyvind Johnson’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1974 (Translation) On behalf of Harry Martinson and myself I will speak as briefly as possible on the situation in which we now find ourselves. A poet or prose narrator usually looks back on what he has achieved against a…

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Banquet speech

George E. Palade’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1974 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, In the large domain of life sciences, Cell Biology is a field reborn. The last period in which it flourished was at the end of the last century, when light microscopes were brought up to the…

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Banquet speech

Christian de Duve’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1974 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow Students, I hope I may still be allowed to use the term fellow students. For we know that once we stop learning and call ourselves learned, we become useless members of the scientific society. On…

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Interview

Interview transcript Why don’t we start and say that this interview is in the Insel Halle during the Lindau meeting and I’m Sten Orrenius. And I have the pleasure of carrying out this discussion with Professor Christian de Duve who received the Nobel Prize in 1974 for discoveries concerning the structural and…

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