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Moungi Bawendi
Tunisia,
France,
United States of America
for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots
Alain Aspect
France
for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science
Annie Ernaux
France
for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory
Emmanuelle Charpentier
France
for the development of a method for genome editing (CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors)
Esther Duflo
France
for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty
Gérard Mourou
France
for the development of a method for generating high-intensity, ultra-short laser pulses
Patrick Modiano
France
for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation
Serge Haroche
France
(Morocco)
for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems
Jules A. Hoffmann
France
(Luxembourg)
for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
France,
Mauritius
author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization
Albert Fert
France
Discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR). Key papers: M.N. Baibich et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 61 (1988) 2472–2475 (Fert group) and G. Binasch et al., Phys. Rev. B 39 (1989) 4828–4830 (Grünberg group).
Yves Chauvin
France
for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis
Gao Xingjian
France,
China
for an œuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
France
(Algeria)
for the development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light
Georges Charpak
France
(Poland)
for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
France
for discovering that methods developed for studying order phenomena in simple systems can be generalized to more complex forms of matter, in particular to liquid crystals and polymers
Maurice Allais
France
for his pioneering contributions to the theory of markets and efficient utilization of resources
Jean-Marie Lehn
France
for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific and highly selective interactions (crown compounds)
Claude Simon
France
(Madagascar)
for novels that combine the poet's and the painter's creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the depiction of the human condition
Gérard Debreu
France
for having incorporated new analytical methods into economic theory and for his rigorous reformulation of the theory of general equilibrium
Jean Dausset
France
for their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions
Louis Eugène Félix Néel
France
for fundamental work and discoveries concerning antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism which have led to important applications in solid state physics
Alfred Kastler
France
for the discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms
François Jacob
France
for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis
André Michel Lwoff
France
for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis
Jacques Monod
France
for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis
Jean-Paul Sartre
France
for his work which, rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom and the quest for truth, has exerted a far-reaching influence on our age
Saint-John Perse
France
(Guadeloupe)
for the soaring flight and evocative imagery of his poetry which in a visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time
Albert Camus
France
(French Algeria)
for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times
François Mauriac
France
for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life
Léon Jouhaux
France
for his contribution to the establishment of the International Labour Organization
André Gide
France
for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight
Roger Martin du Gard
France
for the artistic power and truth with which he has depicted human conflict as well as some fundamental aspects of contemporary life in his novel-cycle "Les Thibault"
Prince Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond de Broglie
France
for his discovery of the wave nature of electrons
Henri Bergson
France
in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented
Ferdinand Buisson
France
for their contribution to Franco-German reconciliation and the nurturing of public opinion favouring peaceful international cooperation
Jean Baptiste Perrin
France
for his work on the discontinuous structure of matter, and especially for his discovery of sedimentation equilibrium (Ann. de Chim. et de Phys., 8th series, 18 (1909) 5-114)
Anatole France
France
in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament
Léon Bourgeois
France
for his longstanding contribution to the cause of peace and justice and his prominent role in the establishment of the League of Nations, including serving as President of its first Assembly
Romain Rolland
France
as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described different types of human beings
Charles Robert Richet
France
for elucidating the mechanisms and dangers of anaphylaxis (acute hypersensitivity reactions)
Paul Sabatier
France
for his method of hydrogenating organic compounds in the presence of finely divided metals
Alexis Carrel
France
for his work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood vessels and organs
Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland),
France
for the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element
Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant
France
for his distinguished diplomatic achievements in international arbitration to foster Anglo-French and Franco-German understanding
Gabriel Lippmann
France
for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference (Lippmann colour photography)
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
France
for his work on the role played by protozoa in causing diseases
Louis Renault
France
for his role as a leading French international jurist and as a judge at the Permanent Court of Arbitration during the Hague Peace Conferences
Henri Moissan
France
for his investigation and isolation of the element fluorine and the development of the electric furnace that bears his name
Frédéric Mistral
France
in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist
Pierre Curie
France
for their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel
Marie Curie, née Sklodowska
France
(Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland))
for their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel
Sully Prudhomme
France
in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect
Frédéric Passy
France
for leading the establishment of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and initiating international peace conferences