2016 Nobel Prizes
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The 2016 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.{{Cite web |last=Bryner |first=Jeanna |date=2016-10-13 |title=Nobel Prize 2016: Here Are the Winners (and What They Achieved) |url=https://www.livescience.com/56351-nobel-prize-winners.html |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=livescience.com |language=en}}
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.{{Cite web |date=2017-01-23 |title=Video - The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2016 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremony/the-nobel-prize-award-ceremony-2016-2016/ |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 2016 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2016/award-video/ |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}
Prizes
= Physics =
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(1934–2019) | rowspan="2" |{{flagdeco|United Kingdom}} British | rowspan="3" |"for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter" | rowspan="3" |{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2016/summary/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405024846/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2016/summary/ |archive-date=5 April 2024 |access-date=4 October 2016 |publisher=Nobel Foundation}} |
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(b. 1951) |
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(b. 1943) |{{flagdeco|United Kingdom}} British {{flagdeco|United States}} American |
= Chemistry =
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(b. 1944) |{{flagdeco|France|1974}} French | rowspan="3" |"for the design and synthesis of molecular machines" |
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(1942-2024) |{{flagdeco|United Kingdom}} British {{flagdeco|United States}} American |
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(b. 1951) |{{flagdeco|Netherlands}} Dutch |
= Physiology or Medicine =
= Literature =
{{Main page|2016 Nobel Prize in Literature}}
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(b. 1941) |{{flag|United States}} |"for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition" |
= Peace =
= Economic Sciences =
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(b. 1948) |{{flagdeco|United Kingdom}} British {{flagdeco|United States}} American |“for his contributions to contract theory” |
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(b. 1949) |{{flagdeco|Finland}} Finland |“for his contributions to contract theory” |
Controversies
= Literature =
Dylan's award for the Literature Prize was questioned; some stated that it was done out of Dylan's popularity rather than any virtuosic quality about his work, while others found that giving the award to a songwriter-musician diminished its reputation.{{cite web |date=13 October 2016 |title=Don't think twice, it's all right: Bob Dylan wins Nobel Lit |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/bob-dylan-wins-2016-nobel-prize-literature-110421880.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013223638/https://www.yahoo.com/news/bob-dylan-wins-2016-nobel-prize-literature-110421880.html |archive-date=13 October 2016 |access-date=13 October 2016 |publisher=Yahoo! News |agency=Associated Press}} Karl Ove Knausgård told The Guardian: "I'm very divided. I love that the Nobel committee opens up for other kinds of literature—lyrics and so on. I think that's brilliant. But knowing that Dylan is the same generation as Thomas Pynchon, Philip Roth, Cormac McCarthy, makes it very difficult for me to accept it."{{cite web |date=17 October 2016 |title=Karl Ove Knausgaard webchat – your questions answered on self-loathing, love and Jürgen Klopp |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/live/2016/oct/13/karl-ove-knausgaard-webchat-some-rain-must-fall-my-struggle |work=The Guardian}}
== References ==
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