Science and technology awards
Tanzanian Abdulrazak Gurnah awarded Nobel literature prize
Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The Swedish Academy said the award was in recognition of his "uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism."
Born in Zanzibar and based in England, Gurnah is a professor at the University of Kent. His novel "Paradise" was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1994.
Nobel in chemistry honors pair for way to build molecules
The Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to German scientist Benjamin List of the Max Planck Institute and Scotland-born scientist David W.C. MacMillan of Princeton University.
Nobel physics prize goes to 3 for climate discoveries
The Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to scientists from Japan, Germany and Italy.
Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann were cited for their work in "the physical modeling of Earth's climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming".
Nobel Prizes Handed out in Year Marked by Coronavirus Pandemic
This year's Nobel laureates will receive their prizes at home this week after the coronavirus pandemic forced the traditional Stockholm and Oslo ceremonies to cancel.
The awards in the six categories were announced in nearly typical fashion in October, albeit with fewer reporters in physical attendance.