The 2023 Nobel Prizes were awarded by the Nobel Foundation in Sweden. Six categories were awarded: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences.
Nobel Week took place from December 5 to 12, including programming such as lectures, dialogues, exhibitions, concerts, and seminars, as well as the annual Nobel Week Lights Festival. The award ceremony and banquet for the Peace Prize were scheduled in Oslo on December 10, while the award ceremony and banquet for all other categories were scheduled for the same day in Stockholm.
Prizes
The Nobel Prize in Physics
+Awardee(s)Pierre Agostini
(b. 1941) French"for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter"Ferenc Krausz (b. 1962) HungarianAnne L'Huillier
(b. 1958) French Swedish
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Awardee(s)Moungi G. Bawendi (b. 1962) American Tunisian French "for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots"Louis E. Brus (1943–2026) AmericanAleksey Yekimov (b. 1945) Russian
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Awardee(s)Katalin Karikó (b. 1955)"for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19"Drew Weissman (b. 1959)
The Nobel Prize in Literature
Awardee(s)Jon Fosse (b. 1959)"his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 nobelprize.org
The Nobel Peace Prize
Awardee(s)Narges Mohammadi (b. 1972)"for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all" The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Awardee(s)Claudia Goldin (b. 1946)"for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes"
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