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1961

Nobel Prize Winners

6 laureates honored across 5 categories in the 61st Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates
6
Categories
05
Countries
04
Ceremony
61st Ceremony
Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

2 Laureates

Chemistry

1 Laureate

Melvin Calvin

United States

for his research on the carbon dioxide assimilation in plants

Physiology or Medicine

Georg von Békésy

United States

for his discoveries of the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea

Literature

1 Laureate

Ivo Andrić

Serbia

for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country

Peace

1 Laureate

Dag Hammarskjöld

Sweden

for developing the UN into an effective and constructive international organization, capable of giving life to the principles and aims expressed in the UN Charter

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