The Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce recipients in Oslo around 11:00 am (Greenwich Mean Time 0900, Eastern Standard Time 5 am).

Last year’s award was given to the World Food ProgramWas founded in 1961 at the request of US President Dwight Eisenhower to combat hunger around the world. The Rome-based UN agency was praised for trying to end hunger as a “weapon of war and conflict.”

The prestigious award will include a gold medal and SEK 10 million (over $ 1.14 million). The prize is a bequest left by the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, the creator of the award, which died in 1895.

On Monday, the Nobel Committee presented Americans David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian with a Physiology or Medicine Award. How the human body perceives temperature and contact..

The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded on Tuesday Three scientists who found order in what makes work look disorderlyHelps explain and predict the complex forces of nature, including better understanding of climate change.

Benjamin List and David WC McMillan were selected for winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday. Easier and environmentally cleaner way to build molecules It can be used to manufacture compounds such as pharmaceuticals and pesticides.

The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded on Friday British-based Tanzanian writer Abdul Razak Gruna, “Uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the influence of colonialism and the fate of refugees.”

Still coming Monday is an award for outstanding work in field economics.

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