a British novelist‚ poet‚ playwright‚ librettist‚ biographer and short story writer. She was awarded Nobel Prize in Literature in the year 2007. Swedish Academy described her as "that epicist of the female experience‚ who with scepticism‚ fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilization to scrutiny”. Lessing was the eleventh woman and the oldest person to ever receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Lessing was born Doris May Tayler in Iran‚ then known as Persia‚ on 22 October 1919‚
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need within society. For instance‚ in Elie Wiesel’s work‚ she reveals this message when he says “neutrality helps the oppressor‚ never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor‚ never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere” (Elie Wiesel‚ Nobel Peace Acceptance Speech). Wiesel wants the audience to understand that
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Márquez‚ born on March 6‚ 1928‚ is an accomplished story writer‚ journalist‚ screenwriter‚ and novelist. He has been presented with several awards and honors‚ including the 1972 Rómulo Gallegos Prize‚ the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature‚ the 1981 French Legion of Honor‚ and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. García Márquez was said to be one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. Not only are his works of literature successful‚ he is also noteworthy for the style with
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17-year-olds… researched Feb. 26‚ found our young people are living in “stunning ignorance of history and literature.” (Goldwasser 666) This survey led to the acceptance speech of Doris Lessing‚ a British novelist and playwright‚ for winning a Nobel Prize in literature‚ where she referred too many as “a fragmenting culture‚” and states that‚ “young men and women… have read nothing‚ knowing only some specialty or other‚ for instance‚ computers.” (Goldwasser 666) While the reader may think he or
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semi-normally. Although Nash still has schizophrenia he is still super intelligent and uses his intelligence too help the world around him. Nash goes on to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for his work on game theory‚ which helps with economics‚ political science‚ and psychology‚ as well as logic and biology. The Nobel Prize is an award for outstanding contributions to the field of economics‚ generally regarded as the most prestigious award for that field. Receiving this award proves that
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Milton Friedman - The Anti-Corporate Social Responsibility Milton Friedman was a conservative economist and an intellectual who made major contributions to the field of economics for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his achievements in the field of consumption
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from her successful translation of Ibsen and Tolstoy into Tamil. His father C. S. Ayyar was a dynamic individual who rose to the top of the Indian Civil Service. It is not without interest that his paternal uncle Sir C. V. Raman was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1930 for the discovery of the Raman effect‚ providing direct demonstration of quantum effects in the scattering of light from molecules. Education began at home with Sitalakshmi giving instruction in Tamil and English‚ while C. S. Ayyar taught
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NOBEL FOR LEMONS * Priya Saxena George A. Akerlof received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001 along with Michael Spence and Joseph Stiglitz for his celebrated work ’The Market for Lemons ’ (1971) which talks about the implications of the asymmetrical information in the markets where uncertainty is involved. ’Market for Lemons ’ was written during the time when the then prevailing economic theories were undergoing certain transitions. It was a result of an attempt
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attention to the prison camps and stopped the violence. This then became his philosophy‚ that it was an author’s job to point out the lies and ills of the government‚ and then the lies and violence will stop. He made that clear in his speech for the Nobel Prize; he also stressed the importance of reading literature from different nations. He said that it allows people to understand different cultures and different backgrounds. The books and works that we have read in class‚ such as In Time of the Butterflies
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Hundred years of Noble Prize (1913-2013): Rabindranath Tagore-India’s Greatest Gift to the World. Abstract: Through Rabindranath Tagore India has given her message to mankind and his unique genius reflects India’s eternal values. As a visionary saint he guided every soul through the raptures of his music and mystic vision. Tagore having avoided to write in English‚ emerged as a Bengali poet which ultimately brought about a renaissance to all the Indian languages. The success of Indian Writing
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