Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Italian Nobel Prize Winners

The ANNOTICO Report

 

Since 1901 there have been 21 Italian and Italian Americans that have won the prestigious Nobel Prize award, which is given annually to people for their achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace and economics.

 

Italian Nobel Prize Winners

Italians R Us

by Anthony Parente 

The Nobel Prize is an international award given annually to people for their achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize was as a result of Alfred Nobel's last will, which was signed on November 27, 1895. His will stated that five prizes would be given annually to "those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind." Nobel died in his home in San Remo, Italy on December 10, 1896.

The first Nobel Prize was given in 1901 five years after his death. Winners of this award are announced every year in October. During a formal ceremony on December 10, which is the day that Alfred Nobel passed away, they receive a diploma, gold medal and a sum of money. The prizes in physics, chemistry, medicine and literature are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden while the peace prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway.

In 1969 the Sveriges Riksbank (The Bank of Sweden) award the first prize in the field of economics. Since the field of economics was not included in Nobel's will it could not be called the Nobel Prize in Economics although many people commonly refer to it as such. Instead the award is titled The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

Those 21 Italian and Italian Americans that have won this prestigious award are:

In Physics :Guglielmo Marconi (1909) ,Enrico Fermi (1938), Emilio Gino Segre (1959),Carlo Rubbia (1984), William D. Philips (1997), Riccardo Giaconni (2002), 

Literature: Giosue Carducci (1906), Grazia Deledda (1926), Luigi Pirandello (1934), Salvatore Quasimodo (1959), Eugenio Montale (1975), Dario Fo ( 1997),

Chemistry: Giulio Natta (1963); Peace: Ernesto Teodoro Monet (1907);   

Medicine:  Camillio Golgi (1906), Daniel Bovet (1957), Salvador E. Luria (1969), Renatto Dulbecco (1975), Rita Levi-Montalcini (1986), Mario R. Capecchi (2007)

Economics: Franco Modigliani (1985) 

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