The Nobel Prize in Literature is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrial tycoon Alfred Nobel in 1895. It has been awarded annually since 1901 (minus a few years when it was not awarded).
It is considered the world’s most reputable prize for literature — and by far the most lucrative, with the prize money amounting to circa US$ 1 million or more.note This is owed to Nobel’s intention that the prize should allow laureates to continue their work unaffected from any further financial concerns.
The prize is awarded by the Swedish Academy. Nomination of candidates can only made on request, of which there are a few thousand each year. The decision-making process takes up more than nine months, from the nomination deadline on January 31 to the announcement of the winner in early October. The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony note each year takes place on December 10 (the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death) in Stockholm. The prize is presented by the King of Sweden.
Useful
Facts about Nobel Prize
Every
year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has
been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine,
literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize is an international award
administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1968, Sveriges
Riksbank established
The Prize in
Economics, as it is referred to by the Nobel Foundation, was established and
endowed by Sweden's central bank Syeriges Riksbank in 1968 on the occasion of
the bank's 300th anniversary, in memory of Alfred Nobel
Nobel Prize in Physics
2012
The
Nobel Prize in Physics 2012 was awarded jointly to Serge Haroche and David J.
Wineland "for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring
and manipulation of individual quantum systems
Nobel Prize in
Chemistry 2012
The
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012 was awarded jointly to Robert J. Lefkowitz and
Brian K. Kobilka "for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors
Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine 2012
The
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 was awarded jointly to Sir John B.
Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka "for the discovery that mature cells can be
reprogrammed to become pluripotent
Nobel Prize in
Literature 2012
The
Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 was awarded to Mo Yan "who with
hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary
Nobel Peace Prizein
Peace 2012
The
Nobel Peace Prize 2012 was awarded to European Union (EU) "for over six
decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy
and human rights in Europe".
Nobel Memorial Prize
in Economic
Two
Americans, Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley, were Nobel Memorial Prize in
Economic on Monday for their work on market design and matching theory, which
relate to how people and companies find and select one another in everything
from marriage to school choice to jobs to organ donations
The Indian who got Nobel prize
Ronald Ross
Ronald
Ross, born in Uttrakhand, , in 1857 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology
or Medicine in 1902 for his work on Malaria
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard
Kipling, born in Mumbai , 1865 , was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in
1907
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath
Tagore became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in
1913.
C.V.Raman
C.V.Raman
was born at Thiruvanaikaval, Tamil Nadu. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics n
1930 for the effect named after him.
Mother Teresa
Awarded the Nobel
Prize in Peace - 1979 to Mother Teresa in recognition of her "work in
bringing help to suffering humanity
Amartya Kumar Sen
Amartya
Kumar Sen who was awarded the 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic
Subrahmanyan
Chandrasekhar,
Subrahmanyan
Chandrasekhar shared the Nobel Prize in Physics 1983 '"for his
theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure
and evolution of the stars
Venkatraman
Ramakrishnan
Venkatraman
Ramakrishnan, born in Tamil Nadu, shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry as
a US Citizen.
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