Who has won the Nobel Prize in Literature 2015?
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Who has won the Nobel Prize in Literature 2015?
author Svetlana Alexievich
The Nobel Prize 2015 in Literature went to 67-year-old Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich. The Nobel was awarded “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time”. Ms. Alexievich is the 14th women Literature Laureate.
Who Turned Down Nobel?
author Jean-Paul Sartre
The 59-year-old author Jean-Paul Sartre declined the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he was awarded in October 1964. He said he always refused official distinctions and did not want to be “institutionalised”.
Who is the Nobel Prize of 2020?
The 2020 Winners Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice on Monday received the prize for their discovery of the hepatitis C virus. The Nobel committee said the three scientists had “made possible blood tests and new medicines that have saved millions of lives.”
Why did Svetlana Alexievich win the Nobel Prize?
Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich (born 31 May 1948) is a Belarusian investigative journalist, essayist and oral historian who writes in Russian. She was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time”.
Who is the winner of International Children’s Peace prize 2014?
Indian Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi, a children’s rights activist who won the 2014 Nobel jointly with Pakistani education campaigner Malala Yousafzai , presented the brothers with the prize run by the Dutch-based KidsRights foundation at a ceremony in The Hague.
Who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in russia?
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen: This year’s Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded by the Swedish Academy to the Soviet-Russian writer Boris Pasternak for his notable achievement in both contemporary poetry and the field of the great Russian narrative tradition.
Who is the winner of International Children’s Peace Prize 2014?
Who won the International children’s Peace prize 2019?
Teenage Indian brothers win Children’s Peace Prize for waste project. Two Delhi-based teenage brothers Vihaan (17) and Nav Agarwal (14) have won the 17th annual KidsRights International Children’s Peace Prize for tackling pollution in their home city by recycling household waste.
Who is Neha Gupta?
Neha Gupta, born on May 23, 1996 has changed many people’s lives by not only helping orphans in India but also by supporting organisations in her home town. She was inspired to establish Empowering Orphans through visits to her grandparents in India, where she observed poverty stricken children.
