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Albert Schweitzer Monument in Wagga Wagga, Australia. Schweitzer was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize of 1952, [78] accepting the prize with the speech, "The Problem of Peace". [79] With the $33,000 prize money, he started the leprosarium at Lambaréné. [14]
Won the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize but was awarded the following year. Nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature too. [291] James Chapple: August 23, 1865 Rockhampton, Queensland Colony April 8, 1947 Auckland, New Zealand 1930 [292] Gustav Adolf Deissmann [gf] November 7, 1866 Langenscheid, Kingdom of Prussia April 5, 1937 Zossen, Nazi Germany 1930 [293]
The Peace Prize is presented annually in Oslo, in the presence of the King of Norway, on 10 December, the anniversary of Nobel's death, and is the only Nobel Prize not presented in Stockholm. [5] Unlike the other prizes, the Peace Prize is occasionally awarded to an organisation (such as the International Committee of the Red Cross , a three ...
Among the 892 Nobel laureates, 48 have been women; the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. [12] She was also the first person (male or female) to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, the second award being the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, given in 1911. [11]
December 10 – Albert Schweitzer is given the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize. December 14 – The first successful surgical separation of Siamese twins is conducted in Mount Sinai Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio. December 20 – The crash of a United States Air Force C-124 Globemaster at Moses Lake, WA kills 86 servicemen.
[4] [5] Between those two years there have been 829 writers coming from different parts of the world nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, 70 of which were awarded the prize [6] including Albert Schweitzer who was awarded by Nobel Peace Prize on 1953. 17 more writers from these nominees were awarded after 1973 including Elie Wiesel who ...
In total, the Swedish Academy's Nobel Committee received 57 nominations for 40 writers. Fourteen of the nominees were newly nominated such as Paul Vialar, Juan Ramón Jiménez (awarded in 1956), Walter de la Mare, Julien Benda, Salvador de Madariaga, Albert Schweitzer (awarded the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize), Werner Bergengruen, and Van Wyck Brooks.
The film was adapted from a play of the same title by Gilbert Cesbron based on the life of Albert Schweitzer. [2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in Gabon. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon. The film was released the same year that Schweitzer was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize.