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1997

Nobel Prize Winners

11 laureates honored across 6 categories in the 97th Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates
11
Categories
06
Countries
06
Ceremony
97th Ceremony
Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

3 Laureates

Chemistry

3 Laureates

Physiology or Medicine

Stanley B. Prusiner

United States

for his discovery of Prions - a new biological principle of infection

Literature

1 Laureate

Dario Fo

Italy

who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden

Peace

1 Laureate

Jody Williams

United States

for their work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines

Economic Sciences

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