Nobel Prize Award 2009

Category Recipient(s) Country
Physics Charles K. Kao
Willard S. Boyle
George E. Smith		 Hong Kong
Canada
USA
Chemistry Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Thomas A. Steitz
Ada E. Yonath		 UK
USA
Israel
Medicine Elizabeth H. Blackburn
Carol W. Greider
Jack W. Szostak		 Australia
USA
Canada
Literature Herta M�ller Romania
Peace Barack Obama USA
Economic Sciences Elinor Ostrom
Oliver E. Williamson		 USA

The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural, or scientific advances. The 2009 Nobel Prize winners were announced in October of that year. The recipients were honored for their contributions to physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace, and economic sciences.
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