Rigoberta Menchú Tum
Photo gallery
Nobel Committee Chairman Francis Sejersted presenting the Nobel Prize medal and diploma to Rigoberta Menchú Tum at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Norway, 10 December 1992.
© Knudsens fotosenter/Dextra Photo, Norsk Teknisk Museum.
Rigoberta Menchú Tum delivering her Nobel Peace Prize lecture.
© Knudsens fotosenter/Dextra Photo, Norsk Teknisk Museum.
Rigoberta Menchú with artists at the award ceremony.
© Knudsens fotosenter/Dextra Photo, Norsk Teknisk Museum.
Rigoberta Menchú Tum signing protocol during her visit to the Norwegian Nobel Institute, December 1992.
© Knudsens fotosenter/Dextra Photo, Norsk Teknisk Museum.
Rigoberta Menchú Tum viewing the traditional torch light procession in Oslo from a balcony at the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway, 10 December 1992.
© Knudsens fotosenter/Dextra Photo, Norsk Teknisk Museum.
Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum visiting the Nobel Peace
Center in September 2006.
Copyright © Nobel Peace Center 2006
Photo: Kirsti Svenning
Three Nobel Peace Prize Laureates waiting to sign the guest book during their visit to the Nobel Peace Center in September 2006 (from left: Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Wangari Maathai and José Ramos-Horta).
© Nobel Peace Center 2006 Photo: Kirsti Svenning
Rigoberta Menchú Tum signing the guest book at the Nobel
Peace Center in September 2006.
Copyright © Nobel Peace Center 2006
Photo: Kirsti Svenning
Rigoberta Menchú Tum attending the Nobel Centennial 2001, a conference titled ”The Conflicts of the 20th Century and the Solutions for the 21st Century” in Oslo, Norway, December 2001.
© Knudsens fotosenter/Dextra Photo, Norsk Teknisk Museum.
Rigoberta Menchú Tum attending the Nobel Centennial 2001.
© Knudsens fotosenter/Dextra Photo, Norsk Teknisk Museum.
Nobel Peace Prize laureates at the Nobel Centennial 2001, a conference titled ”The Conflicts of the 20th Century and the Solutions for the 21st Century”. From left: Oscar Arias Sánchez, Norman Borlaug, Joseph Rotblat, Rigoberta Menchu, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, (photographer Micheline Pelletier), John Hume and Mairead Corrigan.
© Knudsens fotosenter/Dextra Photo, Norsk Teknisk Museum.
At the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony on 10 December 2001 where Kofi Annan and the United Nations were awarded the 2001 peace prize, many previous laureates were present. From left: Joseph Rotblat, Jody Williams, José Ramos-Horta, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Lech Wałęsa, Desmond Tutu, John Hume, David Trimble, Elie Wiesel, Norman Borlaug, Rigoberta Menchu Tum and Mairead Corrigan. The remaining are representatives for peace prize awarded organisations.
© Knudsens fotosenter/Dextra Photo, Norsk Teknisk Museum.
Portrait of Rigoberta Menchú Tum, during a visit to Rome.
© Rino Bianchi. Kindly provided by Rino Bianchi
Portrait of Rigoberta Menchú Tum, during a visit to Rome.
© Rino Bianchi. Kindly provided by Rino Bianchi
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.
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