Tag: Nobel prize
Nobel Peace Prize 2022 co-winner Ales Bialiatski sentenced to 10 years in prison
This Friday, March 3, a Minsk court sentenced activist Ales Bialiatski, co-winner of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize and key figure in the democratic movement in this country, to ten…
In Oslo, Nobel Peace Prize laureates show their determination against Putin
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this Saturday, December 10 to a trio made up of an imprisoned Belarusian activist and two entities, the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties (CCL)…
in Stockholm, Annie Ernaux defends the weakest and the rights of women
French author Annie Ernaux delivered a powerful speech at her Nobel conference in Stockholm. She notably warned against “a fallback ideology”. In her welcoming speech, the writer called for the…
Sailing between hell and paradise in pre-colonial Africa, with Abdulrazak Gurnah
Originally from Zanzibar, the Briton Abdulrazak Gurnah is the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is the author of a dozen novels, volumes of short stories and literary essays. The…
Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature
Consecrated by the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021, Abdulrazak Gurnah was born in 1948 in Zanzibar, Tanzania. He taught for a long time at the University of Kent in…
Professor Luc Montagnier, Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of HIV, is dead
Luc Montagnier died on February 8, 2022 at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Professor at the Institut Pasteur and director of research at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS),…
Denis Mukwege receives the title of Honoris Causa member of the French Academy of Medicine
Doctor Denis Mukwege received this Tuesday, January 11 the title of Honoris Causa member of the French Academy of Medicine. The opportunity for the Nobel Peace Prize to make a…
IBM research center opens doors to the future
Known rather for being one of the world capitals for the banking and financial sectors, Zurich is home to one of IBM’s 12 research centers, in which the synergy between…
Stockholm is adorned with lights evoking the Nobel discoveries
This year again, the winners of the various Nobel Prizes will not come to Stockholm to receive their prize, because of the Covid. But the Swedish capital still decided to…