A Day in the Life: Week 1

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HISTORY
The Nobel Prize was
founded by Swedish
inventor and industrialist
Alfred Nobel in the will
he drafted in 1895.

His demise left a
personal fortune of 31.5
million Swedish crowns,
or in today’s dollars—
nearly US $300 million.

Alfred Nobel Before his death and
because he was sans an
Known For: Inventor of heir, he instructed that
dynamite and benefactor of his wherewithal be used
the Nobel Prize for the awarding of five
annual prizes, namely:
The Nobel Prize for
Physics; the Nobel Prize
for Chemistry; the Nobel
Prize for Physiology or
Medicine; the Nobel Prize
for Literature; and the
Nobel Prize for Peace.

ABOUT

Alfred Nobel was very much
interested in social issues as he
kept himself engaged in the peace
movement along with his
colleague, Bertha von Suttner, who
heavily clouted Nobel’s perspective
on the concept of peace.

S uttner was the mainspring of the international
peace movement in Europe, and was
awarded the Peace Prize. This led to the fifth
and final prize area in the Nobel, mentioned
by Alfred in his will. Today, the Nobel Peace
Prize is bestowed by a chosen, elected
committee by the Norwegian Parliament or
the Stortinget.

NOBEL & NUMBERS

Oldest laureate: 87 Youngest laureate: 17 Peace prizes: 102
Peace laureates: 137 Awarded women: 18

Bethany von Suttner, colleague of Alfred Nobel

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THE
NOMINATION
PROCESS

The committee responsible in the
selection of the Nobel Peace
Prize laureates is none other than
the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
There are certain qualifications for
a person to nominate a laureate
for the Nobel Peace Prize.

In accordance to the edicts of Reference: https://www.nobelprize.org
the Nobel Foundation, “a
nomination is considered valid
if it is submitted by a person
who falls within one of the
following categories:

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·Members of national assemblies and national governments (cabinet
members/ministers) of sovereign states as well as current heads of
states
Members of The International Court of Justice in The Hague and The
Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague
Members of l’Institut de Droit International
·Members of the international board of the Women’s International
League for Peace and Freedom

·University professors, professors’
emeriti and associate professors of
history, social sciences, law, philosophy,
theology, and religion; university rectors
and university directors (or their
equivalents); directors of peace research
institutes and foreign policy institutes
·Persons who have been awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize
·Members of the main board of directors
or its equivalent of organizations that
have been awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize
·Current and former members of the
Norwegian Nobel Committee (proposals
by current members of the Committee
to be submitted no later than at the first
meeting of the Committee after 1
February)
·Former advisers to the Norwegian
Nobel Committee

Unless otherwise stated the term members
shall be understood as current (sitting)
members.”

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importance

The Nobel Prize does not

only celebrate excellence but

also the appreciation of

values such as honesty,

enthusiasm, and

commitment to ideals which

the recipients of the award

possess.

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The Nobel Prize is awarded to
prominent people across different fields
who have the greatest contribution to
mankind. In the age where humanistic
values are slowly fading away, the
Nobel Prize serves as one of
humankind’s pillars of hope in restoring
these values

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https://www.nytimes.com/article/nobel-peace-prize-nominations.html
Nobel Prize winners are also swarmed with opportunities to give
talks, attend social gatherings, and express their insights on a wide
range of topics. This gives them the platform to raise certain issues
and their advocacies. Their inspirational journeys towards the
achievement of receiving the Nobel Prize inspire people around the
world to follow in their footsteps in becoming harbingers of change
and progress to the society.

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references

https://www.lindau-nobel.org/why-are-nobel-prizes-

important/

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/oct/07/what

s-the-point-of-nobel-prizes

https://sweden.se/work-business/study-research/the-

swedish-nobel-prize


https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nobel-Prize/The-
prizes
https://theconversation.com/the-curious-history-of-the-
nobel-peace-prize-66609
https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/nobel-peace-
prize/history/

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