2022 Nobel Prizes

The 2022 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. The winners in each category were announced from October 3 to October 10.[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)
Alain Aspect

(b. 1947)

French "for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science" [4]
John Clauser

(b. 1942)

American
Anton Zeilinger

(b. 1945)

Austrian

Chemistry

Awardee(s)
Carolyn Bertozzi

(b. 1966)

American "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry" [5]
Morten Meldal

(b. 1954)

Danish
K. Barry Sharpless

(b. 1941)

American

Physiology or Medicine

Main article: 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Awardee(s)
Svante Pääbo

(b. 1955)

 Sweden "for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution" [6]

Literature

Main article: 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature
Awardee(s)
Annie Ernaux

(b. 1940)

 France "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory" [7]

Peace

Main article: 2022 Nobel Peace Prize
Awardee(s)
Ales Bialiatski

(b. 1962)

 Belarus "The Peace Prize laureates represent civil society in their home countries. They have for many years promoted the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens. They have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power. Together they demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy." [8]
Memorial

(founded 1989)

 Russia
Centre for Civil Liberties

(founded 2007)

 Ukraine

Economic Sciences

Main article: 2022 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Awardee(s)
Ben Bernanke

(b. 1953)

 United States "for research on banks and financial crises" [9]
Douglas Diamond

(b. 1953)

Philip H. Dybvig

(b. 1955)

Other events

The Nobel Prize Concert took place on December 8 at Stockholm Concert Hall, featuring singer Diana Damrau and conductor Manfred Honeck. The Nobel Banquet menu was set by chef Jimmi Eriksson and pastry chief Annie Hesselstad. Nobel Week Lights Stockholm ran from December 3 to December 11, illuminating Stockholm with light installations from 20 artworks inspired by the prizes.[10]

References

  1. ^ "All Nobel Prizes 2022". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  2. ^ Royen, Ulrika (2022-10-19). "The Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony 2022". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  3. ^ Royen, Ulrika (2022-10-19). "The Nobel Prize award ceremony 2022". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  4. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022". Nobel Foundation. 4 October 2022. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  5. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  6. ^ "The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine" (PDF). Nobel Foundation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  7. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2022". NobelPrize.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  8. ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize 2022". NobelPrize.org. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  9. ^ "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2022". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 2022-10-10. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  10. ^ "Nobel Week Stockholm 2022" (PDF). Nobel Foundation.