With Nobel Prize season approaching in just 10 days, attention is focused on who will be honored with the Nobel Prize in each field.
According to the Nobel Prize Committee, the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine will be announced on the 2nd of next month, followed by the Physics Prize on the 3rd, the Chemistry Prize on the 4th, the Literature Prize on the 5th, the Peace Prize on the 6th, and the Economics Prize on the 9th.
Candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature include Japan’s Haruki Murakami, China’s Chan Shwe, Austria’s Gerald Murnane, Norway’s Jon Fosse, and Romania’s Mirza Carterescu.
Japanese and Chinese writers are being mentioned as candidates, but no Korean writers have been included in the list of candidates.
Haruki, who is mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year, was selected last May as the first Japanese writer to win the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature, known as the ‘Spanish Nobel Prize’, and attention is focused on whether she will also be honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature this year.
Candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is considered a political enemy of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the World Health Organization (WHO).
In addition, Norway’s Peace Research Institute Oslo, which announces the Nobel Peace Prize candidates every year, also announced its expected candidates.
△ Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi △ Afghan journalist and women’s rights activist Mahbouba Serraj △ Myanmar’s Ambassador Kyo Mo Tun △ Myanmar National Integration Advisory Council △ International Court of Justice (ICJ) △ Philippine indigenous human rights activist Victoria Tauli-Ko Foods, Ecuadorian indigenous leader Juan Carlos Zintiach, and the Human Rights Data Analysis Group were selected as candidates.
◇This year’s Nobel Prize prize money is 1.36 billion won, which is more than last year.
Attention is also focused on the amount of prize money received by the prestigious Nobel Prize winners. This year’s winner will receive a prize of 11 million Swedish Krona (about 1.36 billion won), which is 1 million Krona more than last year.
The Nobel Prize money is set differently every year, and the Nobel Foundation announced that it will increase the prize money this year based on its strong financial status.
The reason why the Nobel Prize money is different every year is because of the will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, who ordered the establishment of the Nobel Prize.
At the time, he converted over 31 million Swedish krona (approximately 3.69 billion won) of assets into a fund and invested in safe securities, saying, “The investment profits are distributed every year in the form of a prize to the person who contributed the most to humanity during the year.” stipulated.
Accordingly, the Nobel Foundation uses the proceeds from investing Nobel’s legacy to cover the costs of producing prize money, medals, and hosting the award ceremony. Accordingly, the prize money varies each year depending on the return on investment.
In addition, representatives from Russia, Belarus, and Iran will not be invited to this year’s Nobel Prize ceremony. The Nobel Foundation decided not to invite representatives from Russia, Belarus, and Iran to this year’s Nobel Prize ceremony.
An awards ceremony in honor will be held on December 10, the date of Alfred Nobel’s death in 1896.
The Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, and Economics are held in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, and the Peace Prize is held in Oslo, the capital of Norway. Usually, ambassadors from countries with diplomatic ties from Sweden and Norway are invited.
This year’s Nobel Prize broadcast can be viewed on the Nobel Committee’s official website or the Nobel Prize YouTube channel.
Source: Donga
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