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The American poet Louise Glück was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty universalizes individual existence," the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday.
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The 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to the American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” # NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/Wbgz5Gkv8C
- The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 8, 2020
This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna on Wednesday.
They discovered the CRISPR / Cas9 gene editing tool to "rewrite the code of life."
On Tuesday, Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez received the Nobel Prize in Physics for their discoveries about black holes.
The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice on Monday for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus, leading to the development of tests and treatments.
The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday and the Economic Sciences Prize on Monday.
Louise Glück
