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1972

Nobel Prize Winners

11 laureates honored across 5 categories in the 72nd Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates
11
Categories
05
Countries
03
Ceremony
72nd Ceremony
Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

3 Laureates

Chemistry

3 Laureates

Physiology or Medicine

Literature

1 Laureate

Heinrich Böll

Germany

for his writing which through its combination of a broad perspective on his time and a sensitive skill in characterization has contributed to a renewal of German literature

Economic Sciences

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