Ireland

William C. Campbell

Ireland, United States of America

for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites

Seamus Heaney

Ireland

for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past

Seán MacBride

Ireland

for his deep commitment to human rights, his role in drafting the European Convention on Human Rights through the Council of Europe, his help in founding Amnesty International, and his service as Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists

Samuel Beckett

Ireland

for his writing, which – in new forms for the novel and drama – in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation

Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton

Ireland

for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles

George Bernard Shaw

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ireland (Ireland)

for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty

William Butler Yeats

Ireland

for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation