Nobel Prize

[ noh-bel prahyz, noh-bel ]

noun

1. any of various awards made annually, beginning in 1901, from funds originally established by Alfred B. Nobel: for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and the promotion of peace. Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ( def ).

Nobel prize

noun

1. a prize for outstanding contributions to chemistry, physics, physiology or medicine, literature, economics, and peace that may be awarded annually. It was established in 1901, the prize for economics being added in 1969. The recipients are chosen by an international committee centred in Sweden, except for the peace prize which is awarded in Oslo by a committee of the Norwegian parliament

Example Sentences

Minutes after her Nobel prize was announced, Maria Ressa logged on to Facebook to speak about Rappler.

From Quartz

Nobel prize-winning Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore’s preoccupation with the fruit started with “aamer manjari”— tiny mango blossoms with the power to perfume a lover’s garden.

From Ozy

This week, on December 10th, Human Rights Day, she will receive the Nobel Prize—the youngest person ever to be honored.

From The Daily Beast

He may have been telling the truth when, on hearing that Saul Bellow won the Nobel Prize, he remarked, “Never heard of him.”

From The Daily Beast

Second, the Nobel Prize for economics went to Jean Tirole, who studies how to regulate politically powerful companies.

From The Daily Beast

That vanished sight will be our finest tribute to Kailash Satyarthi and his Nobel Prize.

From The Daily Beast

Not that there is anything to be said against the 2014 Nobel Prize committee honoring Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi.

From The Daily Beast

But Hauptmann remains almost unknown; even the Nobel Prize did not give him a vogue.

From Project Gutenberg

Is there possibly any connection between my award of the Nobel Prize, and your suddenly acute powers of appreciation?

From Project Gutenberg

The Nobel Prize consisted of a diploma, and an award in money of $40,000.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1906 Mistral was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, and dedicated it to this purpose.

From Project Gutenberg

I must hasten to admit also that, judging from their own point of view, the Nobel Prize Trustees have so far done quite well.

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More About Nobel Prize

What is the Nobel Prize?

The Nobel Prize is an award given annually for outstanding achievement in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature, and economics, and for the promotion of peace.

It is widely considered one of the most prestigious awards in these fields.

Each specific award is referred to with the name of the field it was awarded in, as in the Nobel Prize in Physics. The Nobel Prize awarded for the promotion of peace is popularly called the Nobel Peace Prize. 

Recipients of the prize are known as Nobel laureates (or, less commonly, Nobelists). They receive a medal and a sizable cash prize.

The recipients are chosen by an international committee based in Sweden, with the exception of the peace prize, which is awarded in Oslo by a committee of the Norwegian parliament.

The prize is named after its founder, Alfred Nobel, who established the prizes in his will to be awarded to “to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.”

When is the Nobel Prize announced?

The 2022 Nobel Prize winners will be announced at the beginning of October. The 2022 Nobel Prize presentation ceremony will be held on December 10.

The ceremony is usually always held on this day, which is the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death.

More information and context on the Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize is named after Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemist, inventor, and entrepreneur. He is best remembered for establishing the Nobel Prize and for inventing dynamite (among many other things).

The Nobel Prizes were established in 1901 but first awarded in 1910. Nobel’s will dictates that the awards be given out in his native Sweden, with the exception of the peace prize, which is awarded in Norway.

The economics prize was not one of the original prizes stipulated by Nobel’s will. It was established 1968 with private funds and is formally called the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

Notable winners of the Nobel Prize include Marie Curie (the first Nobel laureate to win twice—for physics in 1903 and for chemistry prize in 1911), Albert Einstein (physics; 1921), Martin Luther King, Jr. (peace; 1964), and Malala Yousafzai (peace; 2014), among many others.

What are some terms that often get used in discussing the Nobel Prize?

• peace
• physics
• chemistry
• medicine
• physiology
• literature
• economics
• laureate

How is Nobel Prize discussed in real life?

The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious honors in the world. The Nobel Peace Prize is the best known of the prizes.

Malala Yousafzai's life is a journey of immense grit & courage. I congratulate her on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 10, 2014

Jean Paul Sartre was the first person to decline the Nobel Prize.

In 1964, Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but made it known that he did not wish to accept the prize as he had always declined official honours.

More on Sartre’s refusal: https://t.co/rgEDGrc4Cp pic.twitter.com/dJzNph7yht

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 22, 2020

Six Americans won the Nobel prize this year in various sciences. ALL of them immigrants.

— Atif Mian (@AtifRMian) October 10, 2016

 

 

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True or False?

The Nobel Prizes are all presented in Sweden.