Nobel Prize 2009

Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award.

Nobel Prize 2009 - Economics



1.Elinor Ostrom

-for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons-

2. Oliver E. Williamson

-for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm-

Nobel Prize 2009 - Peace



Barack Obama - Hon. President of United States of America

-for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"-



Nobel Prize 2009 - Literature

Hertha Muller - Romania

-who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed -

Nobel Prize 2009 - Physics




1. Charles Cavo - Britain

-For groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication-

2.William S Boyle - US
3. George E Smith - US

-For the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor-

Nobel Prize 2009 - Chemistry



1. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan - US
2.Thomas Steitz - US
3. Ada Yonath - Israel

For showing how the ribosome, which produces protein, functions at the atomic level

Nobel Prize 2009 - Physiology or Medicine


-For the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase-

1. Elizabeth H. Blackburn - USA.
2. Carol W. Greider - USA.
3. Jack W. Szostak - USA.