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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1949

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, part of the Nobel e-Museum discussing Nobel Prize winners, provides a biography and discussion of Faulkner's contribution to literature. Here, you can read the Prize "Presentation Speech" made by Gustaf Hellstrom as well as...
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1905

For Students 9th - 10th
This Nobel E-Museum website commemorates the work of Philipp von Lenard and his Nobel prize achievement. This detailed resource includes a biography, Lenard's Nobel Lecture, and the "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1905 Presentation Speech."
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986: Wole Soyinka

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the 1986 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Wole Soyinka. This website is organized into the following sections: "Press Release," Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," and "Other Resources."
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1936: Eugene O'neill

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the winner of the 1936 Nobel Prize in Literature, Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, who was honored "for the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of tragedy." This website is...
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1991: Nadine Gordimer

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent site for Nobel prize winners. Gordimer's page contains a biography, list of works, a press release, a copy of her Nobel lecture and a copy of a short story entitled "Loot."
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The Nobel Prize: Gustav Stresemann Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Gustav Stresemann, the German who shared the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize with Aristeide Briand. This biography includes a portrait as well as several resources in the "Selected Bibliography" for further reading and research.
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1978: Isaac Bashevis Singer

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the 1978 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Isaac Bashevis Singer. This website is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," "Nobel Diploma," and "Other Resources."
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1999: Gunter Grass

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the life and writing of Gunter Grass -- the recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature -- through this multimedia website, which provides video clips, primary texts, images, and resources.
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1964

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Nobel Foundation features a presentation of Sartre, the only recipient in the history who declined the Nobel Prize. Features biography and press release.
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1957: Albert Camus

For Students 9th - 10th
Features a comprehensive presentation of Camus, including biography, photo, acceptance speech, and other resources.
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1952

For Students 9th - 10th
This website from The Nobel Foundation features a comprehensive presentation of Mauriac, including biography, photo, and speeches.
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1922 Award Ceremony Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is the 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech, through which Per Hallstrom discusses and praises the elements and strengths of Benavente's dramas.
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The Nobel Prize: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1905 Presentation Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Nobel e-Museum contains a speech, originally given in 1905, in which Count K.A.H. Morner praises Robert Koch for his contribution to the world of medicine and awards Koch with the Nobel Prize.
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1918

For Students 9th - 10th
This website on Fritz Haber, the winner of the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, includes both primary and secondary texts and resources for further reading and research.
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1929: Thomas Mann

For Students 9th - 10th
The Official Nobel Prize website offers press releases, an autobiography, a biography, Mann's acceptance speech and links.
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1910 Award Ceremony Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is the full text of the 1910 Nobel Prize in Physics presentation speech. given by Professor O. Montelius. It describes Johannes Diderik van der Waals' scientific contributions, which earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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The Nobel Prize: Johannes Diderick Van Der Waals Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Nobel eMuseum of the Nobel Foundation provides an excellent overview of Johannes van der Waals. This detailed biography covers all aspects of his life, with a particular emphasis on his scientific achievements.
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The Nobel Prize: Irene Joliot Curie Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Nobel Foundation includes the speech that was given by Irene Curie in accepting the Nobel prize.
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1968

For Students 9th - 10th
This website from The Nobel Foundation gives the 1968 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature -- Yasunari Kawabata -- is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," "Swedish Nobel Stamps,"...
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The Nobel Prize: William Henry Bragg Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nobel Foundation provides a biography of Bragg. This site focuses primarily on his activities and accomplishments as a scientist.
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The Nobel Prize: William Lawrence Bragg Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
The official Nobel biography of William Lawrence Bragg. the son of William Henry Bragg, who shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his father. This article focuses on Bragg's science activities, positions, and achievements and honors.
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1957 Presentation Speech: Yang

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nobel Foundation provides a fascinating speech by O.B. Klein of the Physics Committee. Elegant, erudite, and fully explanatory of the work of Lee and Yang. His description of a physicist on another planet is very insightful. This is...
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1961 Presentation Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
The speech given by Prof I. Waller at the presentation of the Nobel Prize to Robert Hofstadter. Details the work both of Hofstadter and of Rudolf Mossbauer, who shared the prize. Elegantly said, with plenty of scientific detail.
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The Nobel Prize: Ernest Rutherford Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete biography on the life of Ernest Rutherford, 1908 winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Details his education and his many scientific researches. Also contains a listing of his awards and achievements and has some...