Who is the laureate? This is a person who has been awarded a national or international award. In the article we will list the most famous awards of the second type. And also here is a list of winners of the award, established by the Swedish millionaire and researcher Alfred Nobel.
Meaning of the word "winner"
This concept came into our speech from Latin. In the language of Virgil, it means "crowned with laurels." The laureate is (in the modern sense) a person who has received a significant award for achievements in any field. In ancient Rome, this definition was given exclusively to poets.
The winner is not only the owner of the award, but also the winner of the competition. In addition, this word denotes an honorary title. The most prestigious in the world are:
- Pulitzer Prize;
- MTV Video Music Awards;
- BRIT Awards;
- Grammy;
- BAFTA;
- Booker Prize;
- Oscar.
The above awards are designed to celebrate the merits of people of art. As for scientists and public figures, the greatest of them were included in the listwinners of the award, which will be discussed later.
Nobel Prize
History began at the beginning of the last century. It is awarded for outstanding achievements in the field of science (physics, chemistry, medicine) and literature. There is another category of the famous award, namely the Nobel Peace Prize.
The award process takes place every year in Oslo. Candidates are nominated by members of the governments of various states, national parliaments and international courts, rectors of reputable educational institutions and persons previously awarded the prize. A special foundation is responsible for choosing the laureates, whose members are appointed by the Norwegian Parliament.
According to the will of Alfred Nobel, which he set out in his will, the Peace Prize is awarded to persons who have contributed to strengthening peace. Among the prominent politicians awarded this prize are Theodore Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Andrei Sakharov, Lech Walesa, Mikhail Gorbachev, Kofi Annan. It can be received by both an individual and a whole association. So, among the Nobel laureates in 2013 there is an organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. The association was created in the late 90s. Its task is formulated in the title itself.
Nobel Prize in Literature
Not all talented writers were awarded a medal with the image of Alfred Nobel. And not every winner of this award belongs to the popular and most read prose writers. However, the fairness and objectivity of the Nobel Committee is a matter that belongs to a completely different topic. Here we present a smalla list of writers and poets whose names are world famous and whose books are familiar to every reader.
Literature Prize Winners:
- Rudyard Kipling;
- Knut Hamsun;
- Anatole France;
- Bernard Shaw;
- Albert Camus.
Winston Churchill is also on the list of Literature Prize winners. The legendary politician received this award for the high art of biographical and historical description and brilliant oratory.
Nobel laureates (USSR)
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Iosif Brodsky, Ivan Bunin, Mikhail Sholokhov, Boris Pasternak received the Literature Prize at various times. The achievements of Soviet scientists were also repeatedly noted by the Nobel Committee. Laureates from the USSR and Russia are Ivan Pavlov, Ilya Mechnikov, Lev Landau, Pyotr Kapitsa, Vitaly Ginzburg.
