English Nobel Lecture, December 13, 1971 (Translation) Towards the Splendid City My speech is going to be a long journey, a trip that I have taken through regions that are distant and antipodean, but not for that reason any less similar to the landscape and the solitude in Scandinavia. I refer to the way in…

Spanish Nobel Lecture, December 13, 1971 Hacia la ciudad espléndida Mi discurso será una larga travesía, un viaje mío por regiones lejanas y antípodas, no por eso menos semejantes al paisaje y a las soledades del norte. Hablo del extremo sur de mi país. Tanto y tanto nos alejamos los chilenos hasta tocar con nuestros…

English Pablo Neruda’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1971 (Translation) Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, We come from far away, from that which is behind us and within us, from different languages, from countries that love one another. Here we are assembled in Stockholm, which this…

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Excerpt from the Prize Award Ceremony and Banquet in Oslo The 1971 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Willy Brandt. The solemn Prize Award Ceremony took place on December 10 in the assembly hall of the University of Oslo. Their Majesties the King and Queen of Norway honored the ceremony with their presence. Mr. Willy…

Spanish Juventud Un perfume como una ácida espada de ciruelas en un camino, los besos del azúcar en los dientes, las gotas vitales resbalando en los dedos, la dulce pulpa erótica, las eras, los pajares, los incitantes sitios secretos de las casas anchas, los colchones dormidos en el pasado, el agrio valle verde mirado desde…

Presentation Speech by Professor of the Translation Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. One of the tasks of economic science is to inquire into what is really happening in a world where only certain things can be directly observed. Let us consider the economic development during the last few centuries. To undertake a…

I was born in Russia in 1901, of Jewish parents, and came to the United States in 1922 to join my father who left Russia for the United States before World War I. My university studies began in Russia, and were completed at Columbia University (B.Sc. in 1923, M.A. in 1924, Ph.D. in 1926). It…

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