2023 Nobel Prizes

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3][4]

Prizes

The Nobel Prize in Physics

Main article: Nobel Prize in Physics
Awardee(s)
US_Embassy_Sweden_2023_Nobel_Reception_(53397591873)_(cropped) Pierre Agostini

(b. 1941)

French "for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter" [5]
Ferenc Krausz (cropped) Ferenc Krausz

(b. 1962)

Hungarian
Anne LHuiller 01 Anne L'Huillier

(b. 1958)

French

Swedish

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Main article: Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Awardee(s)
US Embassy Sweden 2023 Nobel Reception (53390424864) (cropped) Moungi G. Bawendi

(b. 1962)

American

Tunisian French

"for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots" [6]
Portrait of Louis E Brus Louis E. Brus

(b. 1943)

American
US Embassy Sweden 2023 Nobel Reception (53390424929) (cropped) Aleksey Yekimov

(b. 1945)

Russian

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Main article: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Awardee(s)
Katalin Karikó by Christopher Michel in 2024 Katalin Karikó

(b. 1955)

 Hungary "for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19" [7]
Drew Weissman Life Science medalist (cropped) Drew Weissman

(b. 1959)

 United States

The Nobel Prize in Literature

Main article: Nobel Prize in Literature
Awardee(s)
Writer Jon Fosse (cropped) Jon Fosse

(b. 1959)

 Norway "his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable" [8]

The Nobel Peace Prize

Main article: Nobel Peace Prize
Awardee(s)
Narges Mohammadi (cropped) Narges Mohammadi

(b. 1972)

 Iran "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all" [9]

The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Main article: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Awardee(s)
Claudia Goldin (3x4 cropped) Claudia Goldin

(b. 1946)

 United States "for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes" [10]

References

  1. ^ "All Nobel Prizes 2023". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  2. ^ "Nobel Week 2023 – a celebration of science, culture and peace". Sweden Abroad. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  3. ^ "2023 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony - Nobel Peace Prize". www.nobelpeaceprize.org. 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  4. ^ Royen, Ulrika (2023-11-03). "The Nobel Prize award ceremony 2023". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  5. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  6. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  7. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023". The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023. The Nobel Prize. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  8. ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 nobelprize.org
  9. ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize 2023". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  10. ^ "The Prize in Economic Sciences 2023". www.kva.se. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 14 October 2024. Retrieved December 9, 2024.