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Italian Dario Fo’s speech of thanks at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1997 (in Italian) Io voglio fare un brindisi, anche senza bicchiere, a una grandissima regina, una vostra regina antica, che si chiamava Cristina. Cristina è arrivata in Italia verso la seconda metà del Seicento, proprio a Roma, come hanno già detto, e conobbe…

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English Dario Fo’s speech of thanks at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1997 (Translation) Even though I don’t hold a glass in my hand, I’d like to raise a toast to a great Queen, a Queen of your past: Kristina. Kristina arrived in Italy in the late 17th century. As someone already mentioned, she came…

Swedish Contra Jogulatores Obloquentes Mot frispråkiga gycklare Lag utfärdad av Fredrik II (1221 Messina) innebärande tillstånd att bruka våld mot gycklare utan påföljd i form av något straff eller någon sanktion De bilder jag visar er här har jag själv tecknat och målat. Ni har fått bilder som är något förminskade jämfört med dessa. Ja,…

Dario Fo delivering his Nobel Lecture. English Nobel Lecture, December 7, 1997 Contra Jogulatores Obloquentes Against Jesters Who Defame and Insult “Against jesters who defame and insult”. Law issued by Emperor Frederick II (Messina 1221), declaring that anyone may commit violence against jesters without incurring The drawings I’m showing you are mine. Copies of these,…

Italian Contra Jogulatores Obloquentes Legge emessa da Federico II (1221, Messina) che permetteva di infliggere violenza ai giullari senza incorrere in alcuna pena o sanzione Le tavole che vi sto mostrando sono state disegnate e dipinte da me. A voi sono state distribuite delle immagini leggermente ridotte rispetto a queste. Ecco, io sono abituato da…

Interview transcript Welcome to meet the Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine for 1997, Dr Stanley Prusiner, the man who did as very few scientists do, but all of them will get Nobel Prizes I think, they really turn the concept we have upside down, and please tell me Dr Prusiner, what…

Interview transcript This is an interview with Professor Paul Boyer, who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997 for his elucidation of the enzyme mechanism underlying the synthesis of ATP and we are in Lindau for the 50th anniversary of the “Nobelpreisträgertagung”, as it is called in German, in Lindau and…