The2019 Nobel Prizes were awarded by theNobel Foundation, based inSweden is six categories:Physics,Chemistry,Physiology or Medicine,Literature,Peace, andEconomic Sciences.[1][2]
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.[3][4]
| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | James Peebles (b. 1935) |  Canadian
| "for theoretical discoveries inphysical cosmology" | [5] |
.jpg) | Michel Mayor (b. 1942) |  Swiss | "for the discovery of anexoplanet orbiting a solar-type star" | |
.jpg) | Didier Queloz (b. 1966) | |||
| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | John B. Goodenough (1922–2023) |  American | "for the development oflithium ion batteries" | [6] |
 | M. Stanley Whittingham (b. 1941) |  British
| ||
 | Akira Yoshino (b. 1948) |  Japanese | ||
| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | William Kaelin Jr. (b. 1957) | United States | "for their discoveries ofhow cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability" | [7] |
.jpg) | Peter J. Ratcliffe (b. 1954) | United Kingdom | ||
.jpg) | Gregg L. Semenza (b. 1956) | United States | ||
| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Peter Handke (b. 1942) |  Austria | "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience" | [8] |
| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Abiy Ahmed (b. 1976) |  Ethiopia | "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve theborder conflict with neighbouringEritrea." | [9] |
| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) | Abhijit Banerjee (b. 1961) | United States | "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty" | [10] |
 | Esther Duflo (b. 1972) |  France | ||
.jpg) | Michael Kremer (b. 1964) | United States | ||
Some questioned the Chemistry Prize's awarding to three scientists without award or acknowledgement toRachid Yazami, a scientist whose research on the lithium-ion battery was similarly crucial to those recognized.[11]
Handke's awarding of the Literature Prize was scrutinized for his historic denying of theBosnian genocide, as well as his affinity forSlobodan Milošević.[12][13] Several authors, historians, and organizations, includingPEN International condemned theNobel Foundation's decision.[13][14][15][16] Additionally, the governments ofBosnia and Herzegovina,Kosovo, andTurkey issued condemnations against the award, and the ambassadors fromAlbania, Bosnia,Croatia, Kosovo,North Macedonia, and Turkey boycotted the award ceremony.[15][17][18]