Nobel Prize Winners 2021: Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Peace, Literature

By Komal|Updated : February 2nd, 2022

Nobel Prize Winners 2021: Nobel Prize is conferred every year as the most prestigious award given for intellectual achievement in the world. We have come up with the "List of Nobel Prize 2021 winners" for all categories. Current Affairs plays a major weightage in the preparation of KVS (PRT, TGT & PGT)Exams.

Nobel Prize 2021 for Medicine & Physiology, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, and Economic Sciences has been conferred. Nobel Prizes 2021 announcement began on October 4 and concluded on October 11, 2021. It is conferred by the Norwegian Nobel Committee based in Oslo.

Nobel Prize Winners 2021 List

Nobel Prize 2021 in Medicine or Physiology, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences has been conferred. Here is the list:

CategoryRecipientsPurpose
Physiology or Medicine

American scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian 

For discoveries of receptors for temperature, can pave way for new pain-killers for chronic diseases
Physics
  • Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann
  • Giorgio Parisi
  • Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann were awarded for the physical modelling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming.
  • Giorgio Parisi was awarded for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales.
ChemistryBenjamin List (Germany) and David MacMillan (USA) For the development of asymmetric organo-catalysis.
LiteratureAbdulrazak Gurnah

For his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugees in the gulf between cultures and continents.

PeaceMaria Ressa (Philippines) and Dmitry Muratov (Russia)For their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences

David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens

  • David Card was awarded for his empirical contributions to labour economics.
  • Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens were awarded for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships.

Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology 2021

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  • American scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian has won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Medicine for discoveries of receptors for temperature, which can pave way for new pain-killers for chronic diseases
  • Two scientists have allowed us to understand how heat, cold and mechanical forces can initiate the nerve impulses that allow us to perceive and adapt to the world around us
  • The prize consists of 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.15 million).

Nobel Physics Prize 2021

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  • Syukuro Manabe (US-Japanese), Klaus Hasselmann (Germany) and Giorgio Parisi (Italy) has won the 2021 Nobel Physics Prize
  • Manabe and Hasselmann, 89 shares one half of the 10 million kronor ($1.1 million) prize for their research on climate models, while Parisi won the other half for his work on the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems.
  • This is the first-time climate scientists have been awarded, Physics Nobel.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021

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  • Benjamin List (Germany) and David MacMillan (USA) has been awarded with 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of asymmetric organo-catalysis.
  • This award comes with a gold medal and prize money of 10 million Swedish kronor (over $1.14 million).
  • Between 1901 and 2021, 113 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry have been awarded
  • Their chemical toolkit has been used for discovering new drugs and making molecules that can capture light in solar cells.

Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 

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  • Tanzanian novelist, Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugees in the gulf between cultures and continents.
  • Nobel Prize in literature is awarded by Swedish Academy, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Prize money for Nobel Prize in Literature is worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.14 million)

Nobel Peace Prize 2021

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  • Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have won the Nobel Peace Prize 2021 for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.
  • Maria Angelita Ressa: Filipino-American journalist and author, co-founder and CEO of Rappler (Philippine online news website).
  • Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov: Russian journalist and editor-in-chief of Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta
  • This is the first Nobel Peace Prize for journalists since the German Carl von Ossietzky won it in 1935 for revealing his country’s secret post-war rearmament programme.

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2021

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  • David Card, Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens were jointly awarded The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences.
  • One half was presented to David Card for his empirical contributions to labour economics while the other half was presented to Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships.
  • The prize consists of 10 million Swedish kronor, a gold medal and a citation.

Quiz Facts About Nobel Prize

  • Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards conferred in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions.
  • It is the legacy of Sweden’s Alfred Nobel (1833–1896) who was a chemist, engineer, inventor and entrepreneur. His will was signed in 1895 that was dedicated to brilliant minds in 5 categories: Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, Physiology or Medicine.
  • The award was introduced in 1901.
  • Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's central bank) established Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Sir Alfred Nobel in 1968.
  • The prizes are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards of the respective fields.
  • Between 1901 and 2019, Nobel Prizes including Prizes in Economic Sciences from 1969 were awarded to 947 laureates and 28 organizations. Out of which, 89 are economic sciences laureates.
  • The prize ceremonies take place annually in Stockholm, Sweden
  • However, the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony is held in Oslo, Norway.
  • Each recipient receives a gold medal, a diploma, and a sum of money that has been decided by the Nobel Foundation.
  • Youngest Nobel Laureate: Malala Yousafzai (17 years) for Peace in 2014.
  • Oldest Nobel Laureate: John B. Goodenough for Chemistry in 2019, when he was 97.

 

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  • Nobel Prizes 2021 announcement began on October 4 and concluded on October 11, 2021.

  • Nobel Prize 2021 has been conferred in the following fields:-

    1. Medicine or Physiology,
    2. Physics,
    3. Chemistry,
    4. Literature,
    5. Peace, and
    6. Economic Sciences.
  • The weightage of current affairs in teaching exams is almost 10 to 12 marks.

  • Benjamin List (Germany) and David MacMillan (USA) has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of asymmetric organo-catalysis.


  • Nobel Prize in literature is awarded by Swedish Academy, Stockholm, Sweden.


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