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1991

Nobel Prize Winners

7 laureates honored across 6 categories in the 91st Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates
7
Categories
06
Countries
06
Ceremony
91st Ceremony
Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

1 Laureate

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

France

for discovering that methods developed for studying order phenomena in simple systems can be generalized to more complex forms of matter, in particular to liquid crystals and polymers

Chemistry

1 Laureate

Richard R. Ernst

Switzerland

for his contributions to the development of the methodology of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy

Physiology or Medicine

Literature

1 Laureate

Nadine Gordimer

South Africa

who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity

Peace

1 Laureate

Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar

for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights

Economic Sciences

Ronald Coase

United Kingdom

for his discovery and clarification of the significance of transaction costs and property rights for the institutional structure and functioning of the economy

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