The three laureates are Memorial, a rights group in Russia; the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine; and Ales Bialiatski, an activist jailed in Belarus.
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Annie Ernaux Is Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
Ernaux’s writing has spoken particularly to women and to others who, like her, come from a working class seldom depicted with such clarity in literature.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work ‘Snapping Molecules Together’
Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless were honored for their work in “click chemistry,” which could have important applications in treating and diagnosing illnesses.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded to Svante Pääbo
It is the first Nobel Prize awarded this year, with more announcements being made over the coming week.