2018

Bio-bibliography

Swedish Biobibliografi Olga Tokarczuk är född 1962 i Sulechów i Polen, och är idag bosatt i Wrocław. Hennes föräldrar var lärare och fadern var även skolans bibliotekarie. I biblioteket läste hon allt hon kom över och utvecklade sin litterära aptit. Hösten 1980 skrev hon in sig vid universitetet i Warszawa, där hon studerade psykologi med…

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Press release

Swedish Ständiga sekreteraren Pressmeddelande 10 oktober 2019   Nobelprisen i litteratur för år 2018 och 2019 2018 års pris tilldelas den polska författaren Olga Tokarczuk “för en berättarkonst som med encyklopedisk lust gestaltar gränsöverskridandet som livsform.”   2019 års pris tilldelas den österrikiske författaren Peter Handke “för ett inflytelserikt författarskap som med stor språkkonst har…

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Press release

English The Permanent Secretary Press release 10 October 2019 The Nobel Prizes in Literature for 2018 and 2019 The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018 is awarded to the Polish author Olga Tokarczuk “for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life.”   The Nobel Prize…

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Stockholm City Hall, Sweden, 10 December https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGwqTbGG230 Dessert Parade A sparkling dessert arrives to the music of Mikael Karlsson, performed by the Royal Swedish Orchestra, conducted by James Grossmith.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tHiUD0IxGY Anna von Hausswolff performs “Amends” Anna von Hausswolff performs “Amends” live at the Nobel Banquet. Music by Mikael Karlsson and Anna von Hausswolff. The…

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Banquet speech

https://youtu.be/svtY_XKKMXM William D. Nordhaus’ speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2018. Ers Majestäter, Ers Kungliga Högheter, Excellenser, Kära pristagare, Mina damer och herrar, Våra barn, Våra barnbarn. The 2018 citation for economic sciences highlights “the causes and consequences of technological innovation and climate change.” The science of climate change was founded in 1896, the…

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Banquet speech

https://youtu.be/5k_sISTkG4E Tasuku Honjo’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2018. Your Majesties, your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Dear Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen. On behalf of Professor Jim Allison and myself, I wish to express our heartful appreciation to the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute and the Nobel Foundation. Cancer has been the No. 1…

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Banquet speech

https://youtu.be/EnLdBiu7ci8 Frances H. Arnold’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2018. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellences, Dear Laureates, Ladies and gentlemen. Let me start with a question: “Why did Newton’s apple fall to the ground?” First the answer from the physicist: “There is a force called gravity that exists between any two objects,…

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Banquet speech

https://youtu.be/vzHE4TDYjsI Donna Strickland’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2018. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellences, Dear Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my honour to represent the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 and speak on behalf of Arthur Ashkin and Gérard Mourou, my esteemed colleagues with whom I share the prize. Arthur Ashkin…

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