Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
The prize was divided equally between: BARTON, Sir DEREK H. R., Great Britain, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, b. 1918, d. 1998; and HASSEL, ODD, Norway, Kjemisk Institutt, Oslo University, Oslo, b. 1897, d. 1981: "for t
Literature
BECKETT, SAMUEL, Ireland, b. 1906, d. 1989: "for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation"
Peace
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (I.L.O.), Geneva
Physiology or Medicine
The prize was awarded jointly to: DELBRUCK, MAX, U.S.A., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, b. 1906, (in Berlin, Germany), d. 1981; HERSHEY, ALFRED D., U.S.A., Carnegie Institution of Washington, Long Island, New York, NY, b.
Physics
GELL-MANN, MURRAY, U.S.A., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, b. 1929: "for his contributions and discoveries concerning the classification of elementary particles and their interactions"