Nobel Prizes 2023: the complete list of winners

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced the winners of the six Nobel Prizes for 2023. Join us as we take a look at the winners, as well as the work and struggles that earned them this prestigious distinction.

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to the two Frenchmen Pierre Agostini and Anne L'Huillier, and the Austrian Ferenc Krausz (pictured).

This trio of researchers was rewarded for their work on the movement of electrons inside atoms and molecules, or more precisely for their "for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter", as indicated on the official website of the Nobel Prize.

“The laureates’ experiments have produced pulses of light so short that they are measured in attoseconds, thus demonstrating that these pulses can be used to provide images of processes inside atoms and molecules,” explains the Nobel Prize jury.

In the photo, French researcher Pierre Agostini.

Anne L'Huillier thus became the fifth woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics, after Marie Curie (1903), Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1963), Donna Strickland (2018) and Andrea Ghez (2020).

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Moungi Bawend (Tunisian, French and American), Louis Brus (American) and Alexei Ekimov (Russian). All three work on nanoparticles in the United States.

With this distinction, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences rewards their work in the field of nanotechnology, and specifically "for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots."

In the photo: Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry Johan Aqvist, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren and Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry Heiner Linke.

The Nobel Prize Academy explains: "These smallest components of nanotechnology now spread their light from televisions and LED lamps, and can also guide surgeons when they remove tumour tissue, among many other things."

The Hungarian Katalin Kariko and the American Drew Weissman received the prestigious Nobel Prize in Medicine.

The biochemist and the doctor-researcher were rewarded for their essential work in the field of messenger RNA, which made it possible to develop vaccines against Covid-19.

"Through their groundbreaking findings, which have fundamentally changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with our immune system, the laureates contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times.", explains the Swedish Academy.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature to Norwegian writer Jon Fosse.

Best known for his work as a playwright, Jon Fosse has been recognized by the Academy "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable."

In the photo: Mats Malm, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy

On its official website, the Swedish Academy specifies: "His immense work (...) consists of a large number of plays, novels, collections of poems, essays, children's books and translations. While he is today one of the most performed playwrights in the world, he is also increasingly recognized for his prose."

The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, who dedicated her life to defending human rights in Iran. She continues her fight today from an Iranian prison, where she has been imprisoned since 2021.

Narges Mohammad was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize " for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all."

In the photo: Kiana Rahmani, daughter of Narges Mohammadi, who came to attend a press conference in Paris to celebrate her mother's Nobel Peace Prize.

The Swedish Academy adds: "This year's Peace Prize also recognizes the hundreds of thousands of people who, over the past year, have protested against the discriminatory and oppressive policies of the Iranian theocratic regime in towards women. The motto adopted by the demonstrators - "Woman - Life - Freedom" - well expresses the dedication and work of Narges Mohammadi."

This year's Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to the American economist Claudia Goldin.

Claudia Goldin has been chosen as the 2023 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics for "for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes."

"Claudia Goldin, provided the first comprehensive account of women’s earnings and labour market participation through the centuries. Her research reveals the causes of change, as well as the main sources of the remaining gender gap," says the official website of the Nobel Prize.

The winners will receive their prizes in December, during two ceremonies organized in Oslo and Stockholm. A gold medal and a certificate will be awarded to them, as well as the sum of 11 million Swedish crowns (920,000 euros), to be shared if they are co-winners.