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1979

Nobel Prize Winners

11 laureates honored across 6 categories in the 79th Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates
11
Categories
06
Countries
06
Ceremony
79th Ceremony
Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

3 Laureates

Chemistry

2 Laureates

Physiology or Medicine

Literature

1 Laureate

Odysseas Elytis

Greece

for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness

Peace

1 Laureate

Mother Teresa

Albania

for her work for bringing help to suffering humanity

Economic Sciences

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