Nobel Prize
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.: See also Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
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Minutes after her Nobel Prize was announced, Maria Ressa logged on to Facebook to speak about Rappler.
Even after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, internet trolls still hound Maria Ressa | Anne Quito | October 10, 2021 | QuartzNobel 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.
This week, on December 10th, Human Rights Day, she will receive the Nobel Prize—the youngest person ever to be honored.
Promoting Girls’ Education Isn’t Enough: Malala Can Do More | Paula Kweskin | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe may have been telling the truth when, on hearing that Saul Bellow won the Nobel Prize, he remarked, “Never heard of him.”
Borges Had A Genius For Literature But Not Love Or Much Else | Allen Barra | October 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSecond, the Nobel Prize for economics went to Jean Tirole, who studies how to regulate politically powerful companies.
The Supreme Court Is Weighing Corporate Power Yet Again | Zephyr Teachout | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
That vanished sight will be our finest tribute to Kailash Satyarthi and his Nobel Prize.
Kailash Satyarthi, Malala's Nobel Peace Prize Co-Winner, Is Fighting India's Child Slavery Epidemic | Dilip D’Souza | October 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNot that there is anything to be said against the 2014 Nobel Prize committee honoring Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi.
Up To A Point: What We Really Need Is a Nobel War Prize | P. J. O’Rourke | October 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Hauptmann remains almost unknown; even the Nobel Prize did not give him a vogue.
A Book of Prefaces | H. L. MenckenIs there possibly any connection between my award of the Nobel Prize, and your suddenly acute powers of appreciation?
Autobiography of a YOGI | Paramhansa YoganandaThe Nobel Prize consisted of a diploma, and an award in money of $40,000.
Theodore Roosevelt | Edmund Lester PearsonIn 1906 Mistral was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, and dedicated it to this purpose.
A Spring Walk in Provence | Archibald MarshallI must hasten to admit also that, judging from their own point of view, the Nobel Prize Trustees have so far done quite well.
Crowds | Gerald Stanley Lee
British Dictionary definitions for Nobel prize
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
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