Torsten N. Wiesel’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1981 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a privilege and pleasure to speak on behalf of the three laureates in Physiology or Medicine, Roger Sperry, David Hubel, and myself. We wish to express our deep gratitude to all concerned for the…

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UNHCR was established by the United Nations General Assembly on 1 January 1951, for a three-year period and has been renewed since for successive five-year periods. An integral part of the United Nations, the High Commissioner follows policy directives from the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council. The current High Commissioner is Ms…

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Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1981 by Mr. Poul Hartling From Tragedy to Hope Throughout the history of mankind people have been uprooted against their will. Time and again, lives and values, built from generation to generation, have been shattered without warning. Time and again, people in fear, individuals or whole groups, persecuted on account of…

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Works Die Blendung : Roman . – Wien: Reichner, 1936 Komödie der Eitelkeit : Drama. – München: Weismann, 1950 Fritz Wotruba. – Wien: Rosenbaum, 1955 Masse und Macht. – Hamburg: Claassen, 1960 Welt im Kopf. – Wien: Stiasny, 1962 Hochzeit : Drama. – München: Hanser, 1964 Die Befristeten : Drama. – München: Hanser, 1964 Dramen.…

Elias Canetti did not deliver a Nobel Lecture.