Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2008.
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2008.
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio delivering his banquet speech.
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From left to right: Princess Madeleine, Prince Carl Philip, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, Her Majesty Queen Silvia, Mrs Jemia Le Clézio and Crown Princess Victoria at the Nobel Banquet on 10 December 2008.
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The 2008 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during their visit to the Nobel Foundation, 12 December 2008. Back row, left to right: Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Osamu Shimomura and Martin Chalfie, Nobel Laureate in Literature Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, Economics Laureate Paul Krugman and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Harald zur Hausen. Front row, left to right: Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Roger Y. Tsien, Nobel Laureates in Physics Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier.
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio signing autographs at the Swedish Academy, 7 December 2008.
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio after delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Swedish Academy, 7 December 2008.
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio after delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Swedish Academy, 7 December 2008.
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Swedish Academy, 7 December 2008.
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Swedish Academy, 7 December 2008.
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio reads an extract from his book "Onitsha" for Nobelprize.org.
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, like many Nobel Laureates before him, autographs a chair at Kafé Satir at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2008.
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, 2008 Nobel Laureate in Literature.
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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.
