Nobel Prizes And Laureates

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1961 – Ivo Andric

Serbia
60th Anniversary of the Nobel Prize Awarded to Ivo Andric
December 10, 2021
Ivo Andric (1892-1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer. His work dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under Ottoman rule. He is best known for his historical novel The Bridge on the Drina (1945). His other notable works include Ex Ponto (1918), The Woman from Sarajevo (1945), The Damned Yard (1954), and Deca (1963).

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1926 – Grazia Deledda

Italy
Author - Grazia Deledda
September 27, 2021
Grazia Deledda (1871-1936) was an Italian writer and the first Italian woman to receive the Nobel Prize. Her notable works include Dopo il divorzio (1905), L'edera (1908), Canne al vento (1913), La madre (1920), and Cosima (1937, published posthumously).

Nobel Peace Prize 2016 - Juan Manuel Santos Calderón

Colombia
Nobel Peace Prize 2016
July 18, 2018

Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (b. 1951) is a Colombian politician who was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016 for his efforts to end the protracted war with the Marxist guerrilla organization FARC.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1963 - John Eccles

Australia
Australian Nobel Prize Winners
August 28, 2012

Sir John Carew Eccles (1903 - 1997) was an Australian neurophysiologist. He received the 1963 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the chemical means by which impulses are communicated or repressed by nerve cells.

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Just to "update" little bit Your posting about "Brodsky": This issue from 2015, come to "Judaica" topic too, here You can see it in sheetlet of 9 and FDC.

Scott catalog number 7633, with 1.25 US$ catalog value,

Michel catalog number 2170, with 2.00 euro catalog value for single, mnh and 18.00 euro for sheetlet of 9.

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...here I will update little bit about this issue of Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Hercegovina):

1961 Nobel Prize in Literature - Ivo Andric
Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia

...he made this epic literary work, named "Na Drini cuprija" (Bridge over Drina river), where he described life under Ottoman Empire.
This issue have two printing, because first print run without name of country "Bosnia and Hercegovina", than they was pressed to correct this and go with second print where You have name.
In Michel catalog, it is listed under number 552 I and 552 II , with catalog value of 25.00 euro (no name, 2011 year print) and 1.50 euro (with name, 2012 year print).

For strip of 2 with gutter between, be prepared to pay premium.

...but if we talk about all that received Nobel prize, for hard work, we can not ask ourselves why Nikola Tesla didn't have it (?), or Josip Broz Tito (?), especially that we know, that exist person with just three months on "chair" and take same prize for peace.
Between others, we have "three in one", that prize come for PEACE, probably You remember this issue from 1994 year, Palestinian Autonomy, Scott catalog B1 and B3.

(Wikipedia: In 1994 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat received the Nobel Peace Prize following the signing on the Oslo Accords, "for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East". The Accords have not resulted in peace to date.)

Robert Bárány was an Austrian-born otologist (ear, nose, and throat (ENT) doctor )
He received the 1914 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Born in 1876 Vienna, Austria
Died in 1936 Uppsala, Sweden

Sweden 1974
Scott 1105



Austria 1976
Scott 1031

Anatole France (1844 – 1924) was a French poet, journalist and novelist.
He won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature.

France 1937
Scott B49



France 1938
Scott B54



The surtax on these semi postals was used to aid unemployed intellectuals
during the Great Depression.

Erwin Schrödinger (1887 - 1961) was a Nobel Prize–winning Austrian and naturalized Irish physicist who developed fundamental results in quantum theory. per Wikipedia.

Sweden 1982
Scott 1426



Austria 1987
Scott 1404

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1906 - Camillo Golgi

Italy
World Science Day – Pathology
November 5, 2024

Camillo Golgi (1843 – 1926) was an Italian biologist and pathologist known for his works on the central nervous system. His discovery of a staining technique in 1873 was a major breakthrough in neuroscience.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1974 - George Emil Palade

Romania
George Emil Palade Nobel Prize 50 Years
November 19, 2024

George Emil Palade (1912 - 2008) was a Romanian-American cell biologist. His innovations in electron microscopy and cell fractionation laid the foundations of modern molecular cell biology.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1923 - Fritz Pregl

Serbia
Serbia-Slovenia Personalities
February 13, 2024

Fritz Pregl (1869 – 1930), was a Slovenian-Austrian chemist. He made important contributions to quantitative organic microanalysis.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1904 - Ivan Pavlov

Russia
175th Anniversary of the Birth of Ivan Pavlov
September 26, 2024
Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) was a Russian physiologist. He is the founder of modern behavior therapy and is known for his discovery of classical conditioning. He received the Nobel Prize for his research on the physiology of digestion.

Nobel Peace Prize 1986 – Elie Wiesel

United States
Distinguished Americans
September 17, 2025

Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, and Holocaust survivor. He is known for his commitment to human rights, his message of peace, atonement and dignity, and for his dedicated work to bear witness to the Holocaust.