Wisława Szymborska
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All laureates assembled at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1996. From left: physics laureates David M. Lee, Douglas D. Osheroff and Robert C. Richardson, chemistry laureates Robert F. Curl Jr., Sir Harold W. Kroto and Richard E. Smalley, medicine laureates Peter C. Doherty and Rolf M. Zinkernagel, literature laureate Wislawa Szymborska and economic sciences laureate James A. Mirrlees.
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Wisława Szymborska showing her Nobel Prize medal after the award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1996.
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Wislawa Szymborska and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden proceed into the Blue Hall of the Stockholm City Hall for the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 1996.
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Wisława Szymborska at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 1996.
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Wislawa Szymborska and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Nobel Banquet.
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Wisława Szymborska delivering her speech at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 1996.
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Wisława Szymborska delivering her speech of thanks at the Nobel Prize banquet.
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Wislawa Szymborska delivering her Nobel Lecture at the Swedish Academy, 7 December 1996.
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Wisława Szymborska at the Swedish Academy.
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Wisława Szymborska during Nobel Week in Stockholm, December 1996.
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Wisława Szymborska being photographed during Nobel Week in Stockholm, 1996.
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Portrait of Wislawa Szymborska at the Swedish Academy during the Nobel Week in December 1996.
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Ten Nobel Laureates of 1996 assembled in Stockholm in December 1996. Back row: Sir Harold W. Kroto, Douglas D. Osheroff, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, James A. Mirrlees, Robert F. Curl Jr. and Richard E. Smalley. Front row: Peter C. Doherty, Wisława Szymborska, David M. Lee and Robert C. Richardson.
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Wisława Szymborska. Photo taken 23 October 2009.
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Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.
