Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
The prize was awarded "for contributions to the developments of methods within DNA-based chemistry" by one half to: MULLIS, KARY B., U.S.A., La Jolla, CA, b. 1944: "for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method" and by the
Literature
MORRISON, TONI, U.S.A., b. 1931: "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality"
Peace
The prize was awarded jointly to: MANDELA, NELSON, South Africa, b. 1918: Leader of the ANC. DE KLERK, FREDRIK WILLEM, South Africa, b. 1936: President of the Republic of South Africa. PHYSIOLOGY or MEDICINE The prize was awarded jointly to
Physics
The prize was awarded jointly to: HULSE, RUSSELL A., U.S.A., Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, b. 1950; and TAYLOR Jr., JOSEPH H., U.S.A., Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, b. 1941: "for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discov
Pulitzer Prizes
Drama
Tony Kushner ... "Angels in America: Millenium Approaches"
Fiction
Robert Olen Butler ... "A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain"
History
Gordon S. Wood ... "The Radicalism of the American Revolution" International Reporting: John F. Burns ... "New York Times" & Roy Gutman ... "New York Newsday" National Reporting: David Maraniss ... "Washington Post"
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