The1999Nobel Prizes were awarded by theNobel Foundation, based inSweden. Six categories were awarded:Physics,Chemistry,Physiology or Medicine,Literature,Peace, andEconomic Sciences.[1]
Nobel Week took place from December 6 to 12, including programming such as lectures, dialogues, and discussions. The award ceremony and banquet for the Peace Prize were scheduled inOslo on December 10, while the award ceremony and banquet for all other categories were scheduled for the same day inStockholm.[2]
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 | Gerard 't Hooft (b. 1946) |  Dutch | "for elucidating the quantum structure ofelectroweak interactions in physics" | [3] |
 | Martinus J. G. Veltman (1931–2021) | |||
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|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Ahmed Zewail (1946–2016) |  Egyptian
| "for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions usingfemtosecond spectroscopy" | [4] |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Günter Blobel (1936–2018) |  United States | "for the discovery thatproteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the cell" | [5] |
| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Günter Grass (1927–2015) |  Germany(born inFree City of Danzig) | "whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history" | [6] |
| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Médecins Sans Frontières |  Switzerland | "in recognition of the organization's pioneering humanitarian work on several continents." | [7] | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Robert Mundell (1932–2021) |  Canada | "for his analysis ofmonetary andfiscal policy under differentexchange rate regimes and his analysis of optimum currency areas" | [8] |