1996 Nobel Prizes

The 1996 Nobel Prizes were awarded by the Nobel Foundation, based in Sweden. Six categories were awarded: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences.[1]

Nobel Week took place from December 6 to 12, including programming such as lectures, dialogues, and discussions. 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.[2][3]

Prizes

Physics

Awardee(s)
David Lee

(b. 1931)

American "for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3" [4]
Douglas D. Osheroff

(b. 1945)

Robert Coleman Richardson

(1937–2013)

Chemistry

Awardee(s)
Robert F. Curl Jr.

(1933–2022)

American "for their discovery of fullerenes" [5]
Sir Harold W. Kroto

(1939–2016)

British
Richard E. Smalley

(1943–2005)

American

Physiology or Medicine

Awardee(s)
Peter C. Doherty

(b. 1940)

 Australia "for their discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence" [6]
Rolf M. Zinkernagel

(b. 1944)

  Switzerland

Literature

Main article: 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature
Awardee(s)
Wisława Szymborska

(1923–2012)

 Poland "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality" [7]

Peace

Awardee(s)
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo

(born 1948)

 East Timor "for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor." [8]
José Ramos-Horta

(born 1949)

Economic Sciences

Awardee(s)
James Mirrlees

(1936–2018)

 United Kingdom "for their fundamental contributions to the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information" [9]
William Vickrey

(1914–1996)

 Canada

 United States

References

  1. ^ "All Nobel Prizes". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  2. ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize 1996". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  3. ^ Royen, Ulrika (2024-11-21). "The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 1996 - Opening Address". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  4. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1996". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
  5. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1996". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  6. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1996". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 18 July 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2007.
  7. ^ "Nobel Prize in Literature 1996". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  8. ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize 1996". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  9. ^ "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1996". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 2008-10-28. Retrieved 2008-10-14.

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