For the second consecutive year, the award of Nobel Prize winners for the sciences and literature to be honored will take place in the award-winning countries and not in Stockholm due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Nobel Foundation announced today.
For the Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded in Oslo, the choice to award it in the Norwegian capital “remains open” and a decision is to be taken in mid-October, mentions in its announcement the institution, which is responsible for organizing the award ceremonies.
The awards are announced in early October, but are usually presented in the form of luxury ceremonies held in the two Nordic capitals on December 10, the date of death of their founder Alfred Nobel (1833-1896).
“I think everyone would like the pandemic to be behind us, but we are not at this point yet,” said Winter Helgesen, the foundation’s executive director, citing “uncertainties about the pandemic and international travel.”
Second year that the awards will not be given in their natural space
The iconic big banquet at Stockholm City Hall, which was canceled for the first time last year since World War II, will not take place this year either.
Even without the winners, a ceremony will take place in Stockholm, possibly with a local audience, the foundation said. As for the traditional press conferences of the winners, they will be done online.
The Nobel Prizes, which are celebrating their 120th anniversary since 1901 for the first time this year, will be announced from October 4 to 11.
According to reports, medicine will open the dance on Monday, physics will follow the next day and chemistry on Wednesday.
The Prizes for Literature and Peace will follow on Thursday and Friday, respectively, and the recently created Nobel Prize in Economics will be announced on October 11.
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