Useful Facts about Nobel Prize

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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