Child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi&#39;s Nobel Prize replica was stolen from his home in New Delhi&nbsp;on Monday night.

Satyarthi told the BBC that his Nobel certificate was also missing after the burglary. According to initial reports, thieves broke into Satyarthi&#39;s apartment in south Delhi&#39;s Alaknanda and robbed several valuable items, including Nobel prize citation.

An FIR under section 380 (house theft) of the IPC has been registered and a manhunt has been launched to nab the suspects, according to the Times of India.

&quot;All scrap dealers and local criminals from the area have been detained,&quot; TOI quoted a senior police officer as saying. He added that&nbsp;&quot;Fingerprints and other evidences&nbsp;have also been recorded from the spot.&quot;

Satyarthi is a renowned Indian child rights activist and the winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. He is the founder of the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), an organisation dedicated towards the eradication of child labour and rehabilitation of the rescued former child workers.

Satyarthi is currently attending the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in America.

(WION with inputs from agencies)

According to initial reports, thieves broke into Satyarthi's apartment in south Delhi and robbed several valuable items on Monday night

Child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi's Nobel Prize replica was stolen from his home in New Delhi on Monday night. Satyarthi told the BBC that his Nobel certificate was also missing after the burglary. According to initial reports, thieves broke into Satyarthi's apartment in south Delhi's Alaknanda and robbed several valuable items, including Nobel prize citation. An FIR under section 380 (house theft) of the IPC has been registered and a manhunt has been launched to nab the suspects, according to the Times of India. "All scrap dealers and local criminals from the area have been detained," TOI quoted a senior police officer as saying. He added that "Fingerprints and other evidences have also been recorded from the spot." Satyarthi is a renowned Indian child rights activist and the winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. He is the founder of the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), an organisation dedicated towards the eradication of child labour and rehabilitation of the rescued former child workers. Satyarthi is currently attending the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in America. (WION with inputs from agencies)

India: Nobel Prize replica stolen from Kailash Satyarthi's home

Nobel Prizes are recognised as one of the most prestigious honours awarded in the field of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economics. These prizes are instituted by Alfred Nobel&#39;s last will, which specified that his fortune be used to create a series of prizes.

So far, as many as 835 individuals (791 men and 44 women) and 21 organisations have been&nbsp;awarded with the Nobel Prize, some more than once. Among the total recipients, 12 are Indians &ndash; 5 Indian citizens and 7 of Indian origin or residency.

Listed below are the 5 Indian citizens who were awarded with Nobel Prize:

1. Rabindranath Tagore

Born in the year 1861 in Kolkata, Rabindranath Tagore reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tagore was awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in the year 1913 for &#39;Geetanjali&#39;, a collection of his poems.

2. CV&nbsp;Raman

Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was born in Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu. He won the Nobel Prize in the year 1930 for his work in the field of light scattering. This effect is now named after him &mdash; the Raman scattering.

3. Mother Teresa

Born in Skopje (now capital of the Republic of Macedonia), then part of the Kosovo Vilayet in the Ottoman Empire, Mother Teresa spent most of her life in India. Mother Teresa was awarded with Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. She struggled to overcome poverty and distress. Popularly known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Mother Teresa was canonised on September 4, 2016 and her death anniversary September 5 was made her feast day.

4. Amartya Sen

An Indian economist, Amartya Kumar Sen was born on November 3, 1933 in Manikganj, British India (present-day Bangladesh). In the year 1998, Sen received Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He has taught and worked in the United Nations and the United Kingdom. Sen has made contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, and indexes of the measure of well-being of citizens of developing countries.

5. Kailash Satyarthi

Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian children&#39;s rights and education advocate was born on January 11, 1954. Satyarthi, along with Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education. He is the &nbsp;second Indian winner of the Nobel Peace Prize after Mother Teresa.

(WION) 
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Till date, 835 individuals and 21 organisations have been awarded with the Nobel Prize, some more than once

Nobel Prizes are recognised as one of the most prestigious honours awarded in the field of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economics. These prizes are instituted by Alfred Nobel's last will, which specified that his fortune be used to create a series of prizes. So far, as many as 835 individuals (791 men and 44 women) and 21 organisations have been awarded with the Nobel Prize, some more than once. Among the total recipients, 12 are Indians – 5 Indian citizens and 7 of Indian origin or residency. Listed below are the 5 Indian citizens who were awarded with Nobel Prize: 1. Rabindranath Tagore Born in the year 1861 in Kolkata, Rabindranath Tagore reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tagore was awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in the year 1913 for 'Geetanjali', a collection of his poems. 2. CV Raman Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was born in Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu. He won the Nobel Prize in the year 1930 for his work in the field of light scattering. This effect is now named after him — the Raman scattering. 3. Mother Teresa Born in Skopje (now capital of the Republic of Macedonia), then part of the Kosovo Vilayet in the Ottoman Empire, Mother Teresa spent most of her life in India. Mother Teresa was awarded with Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. She struggled to overcome poverty and distress. Popularly known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Mother Teresa was canonised on September 4, 2016 and her death anniversary September 5 was made her feast day. 4. Amartya Sen An Indian economist, Amartya Kumar Sen was born on November 3, 1933 in Manikganj, British India (present-day Bangladesh). In the year 1998, Sen received Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He has taught and worked in the United Nations and the United Kingdom. Sen has made contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, and indexes of the measure of well-being of citizens of developing countries. 5. Kailash Satyarthi Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian children's rights and education advocate was born on January 11, 1954. Satyarthi, along with Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education. He is the second Indian winner of the Nobel Peace Prize after Mother Teresa. (WION)

Indian citizens who were awarded with Nobel Prize

Bob Dylan accepted the Nobel Prize for literature, but not in person. He was busy that night. &quot;Pre-existing commitments&quot;. But he sent Patti Smith to&nbsp;sing &quot;A Hard Rain&#39;s a-Gonna Fall&quot;, while the US ambassador to Sweden, Azita Raji,&nbsp;gave a speech to all assembled at the Nobel Prize banquet in Stockholm, Sweden.

Here is the speech in full:

Good evening, everyone. I extend my warmest greetings to the members of the Swedish Academy and to all of the other distinguished guests in attendance tonight.

I&rsquo;m sorry I can&rsquo;t be with you in person, but please know that I am most definitely with you in spirit and honored to be receiving such a prestigious prize. Being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature is something I never could have imagined or seen coming. From an early age, I&rsquo;ve been familiar with and reading and absorbing the works of those who were deemed worthy of such a distinction: Kipling, Shaw, Thomas Mann, Pearl Buck, Albert Camus, Hemingway. These giants of literature whose works are taught in the schoolroom, housed in libraries around the world and spoken of in reverent tones have always made a deep impression. That I now join the names on such a list is truly beyond words.

I don&rsquo;t know if these men and women ever thought of the Nobel honor for themselves, but I suppose that anyone writing a book, or a poem, or a play anywhere in the world might harbor that secret dream deep down inside. It&rsquo;s probably buried so deep that they don&rsquo;t even know it&rsquo;s there.

If someone had ever told me that I had the slightest chance of winning the Nobel Prize, I would have to think that I&rsquo;d have about the same odds as standing on the moon. In fact, during the year I was born and for a few years after, there wasn&rsquo;t anyone in the world who was considered good enough to win this Nobel Prize. So, I recognize that I am in very rare company, to say the least. 
I was out on the road when I received this surprising news, and it took me more than a few minutes to properly process it. I began to think about William Shakespeare, the great literary figure. I would reckon he thought of himself as a dramatist. The thought that he was writing literature couldn&rsquo;t have entered his head. His words were written for the stage. Meant to be spoken not read. When he was writing Hamlet, I&rsquo;m sure he was thinking about a lot of different things: &ldquo;Who&rsquo;re the right actors for these roles?&rdquo; &ldquo;How should this be staged?&rdquo; &ldquo;Do I really want to set this in Denmark?&rdquo; His creative vision and ambitions were no doubt at the forefront of his mind, but there were also more mundane matters to consider and deal with. &ldquo;Is the financing in place?&rdquo; &ldquo;Are there enough good seats for my patrons?&rdquo; &ldquo;Where am I going to get a human skull?&rdquo; I would bet that the farthest thing from Shakespeare&rsquo;s mind was the question &ldquo;Is this literature?&rdquo;

When I started writing songs as a teenager, and even as I started to achieve some renown for my abilities, my aspirations for these songs only went so far. I thought they could be heard in coffee houses or bars, maybe later in places like Carnegie Hall, the London Palladium. If I was really dreaming big, maybe I could imagine getting to make a record and then hearing my songs on the radio. That was really the big prize in my mind. Making records and hearing your songs on the radio meant that you were reaching a big audience and that you might get to keep doing what you had set out to do.

Well, I&rsquo;ve been doing what I set out to do for a long time, now. I&rsquo;ve made dozens of records and played thousands of concerts all around the world. But it&rsquo;s my songs that are at the vital center of almost everything I do. They seemed to have found a place in the lives of many people throughout many different cultures and I&rsquo;m grateful for that. 
But there&rsquo;s one thing I must say. As a performer I&rsquo;ve played for 50,000 people and I&rsquo;ve played for 50 people and I can tell you that it is harder to play for 50 people. 50,000 people have a singular persona, not so with 50. Each person has an individual, separate identity, a world unto themselves. They can perceive things more clearly. Your honesty and how it relates to the depth of your talent is tried. The fact that the Nobel committee is so small is not lost on me.

But, like Shakespeare, I too am often occupied with the pursuit of my creative endeavors and dealing with all aspects of life&rsquo;s mundane matters. &ldquo;Who are the best musicians for these songs?&rdquo; &ldquo;Am I recording in the right studio?&rdquo; &ldquo;Is this song in the right key?&rdquo; Some things never change, even in 400 years.

Not once have I ever had the time to ask myself, &ldquo;Are my songs literature?&rdquo;

So, I do thank the Swedish Academy, both for taking the time to consider that very question, and, ultimately, for providing such a wonderful answer.

My best wishes to you all,

Bob Dylan

(WION)

Read his acceptance speech here. 'Not once have I ever had the time to ask myself, Are my songs literature?'

Bob Dylan accepted the Nobel Prize for literature, but not in person. He was busy that night. "Pre-existing commitments". But he sent Patti Smith to sing "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall", while the US ambassador to Sweden, Azita Raji, gave a speech to all assembled at the Nobel Prize banquet in Stockholm, Sweden. Here is the speech in full: Good evening, everyone. I extend my warmest greetings to the members of the Swedish Academy and to all of the other distinguished guests in attendance tonight. I’m sorry I can’t be with you in person, but please know that I am most definitely with you in spirit and honored to be receiving such a prestigious prize. Being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature is something I never could have imagined or seen coming. From an early age, I’ve been familiar with and reading and absorbing the works of those who were deemed worthy of such a distinction: Kipling, Shaw, Thomas Mann, Pearl Buck, Albert Camus, Hemingway. These giants of literature whose works are taught in the schoolroom, housed in libraries around the world and spoken of in reverent tones have always made a deep impression. That I now join the names on such a list is truly beyond words. I don’t know if these men and women ever thought of the Nobel honor for themselves, but I suppose that anyone writing a book, or a poem, or a play anywhere in the world might harbor that secret dream deep down inside. It’s probably buried so deep that they don’t even know it’s there. If someone had ever told me that I had the slightest chance of winning the Nobel Prize, I would have to think that I’d have about the same odds as standing on the moon. In fact, during the year I was born and for a few years after, there wasn’t anyone in the world who was considered good enough to win this Nobel Prize. So, I recognize that I am in very rare company, to say the least. I was out on the road when I received this surprising news, and it took me more than a few minutes to properly process it. I began to think about William Shakespeare, the great literary figure. I would reckon he thought of himself as a dramatist. The thought that he was writing literature couldn’t have entered his head. His words were written for the stage. Meant to be spoken not read. When he was writing Hamlet, I’m sure he was thinking about a lot of different things: “Who’re the right actors for these roles?” “How should this be staged?” “Do I really want to set this in Denmark?” His creative vision and ambitions were no doubt at the forefront of his mind, but there were also more mundane matters to consider and deal with. “Is the financing in place?” “Are there enough good seats for my patrons?” “Where am I going to get a human skull?” I would bet that the farthest thing from Shakespeare’s mind was the question “Is this literature?” When I started writing songs as a teenager, and even as I started to achieve some renown for my abilities, my aspirations for these songs only went so far. I thought they could be heard in coffee houses or bars, maybe later in places like Carnegie Hall, the London Palladium. If I was really dreaming big, maybe I could imagine getting to make a record and then hearing my songs on the radio. That was really the big prize in my mind. Making records and hearing your songs on the radio meant that you were reaching a big audience and that you might get to keep doing what you had set out to do. Well, I’ve been doing what I set out to do for a long time, now. I’ve made dozens of records and played thousands of concerts all around the world. But it’s my songs that are at the vital center of almost everything I do. They seemed to have found a place in the lives of many people throughout many different cultures and I’m grateful for that. But there’s one thing I must say. As a performer I’ve played for 50,000 people and I’ve played for 50 people and I can tell you that it is harder to play for 50 people. 50,000 people have a singular persona, not so with 50. Each person has an individual, separate identity, a world unto themselves. They can perceive things more clearly. Your honesty and how it relates to the depth of your talent is tried. The fact that the Nobel committee is so small is not lost on me. But, like Shakespeare, I too am often occupied with the pursuit of my creative endeavors and dealing with all aspects of life’s mundane matters. “Who are the best musicians for these songs?” “Am I recording in the right studio?” “Is this song in the right key?” Some things never change, even in 400 years. Not once have I ever had the time to ask myself, “Are my songs literature?” So, I do thank the Swedish Academy, both for taking the time to consider that very question, and, ultimately, for providing such a wonderful answer. My best wishes to you all, Bob Dylan (WION)

Bob Dylan accepts Nobel Prize for Literature, but not in person

One sings of peace, the other makes peace: Bob Dylan will not travel to Stockholm on Saturday to accept his Nobel prize, but Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will receive his award in Oslo for a deal signed with FARC rebels.

In Stockholm, where the prizes for literature, medicine, physics, chemistry and economics are traditionally awarded on December 10th, the formal ceremony will be marked by Dylan&#39;s no-show, as the first songwriter to win the literary accolade has declined due to &quot;pre-existing&quot; commitments.

Since being awarded the prestigious prize on October 14, the music icon has been a somewhat reluctant recipient, refusing to acknowledge it publicly for several weeks.

Amid the silence, a member of the Swedish Academy, which awards the prize, accused Dylan of being &quot;impolite and arrogant&quot;.

The rock legend finally broke his silence in a newspaper interview two weeks later, calling it &quot;amazing&quot; and saying he would &quot;absolutely&quot; attend the December 10th ceremony, &quot;if at all possible.&quot;

But two weeks after that, he told the Academy that he had other commitments that prevented him from attending -- though no concert is scheduled on his website.

Several other literature laureates have skipped the Nobel ceremony in the past for various reasons -- Doris Lessing on grounds of ill health, Harold Pinter because he was in hospital and Elfriede Jelinek due to social phobia -- though these cases remain &quot;exceptional&quot;, according to the Academy.

Dylan has sent a thank-you speech to be read at the gala banquet at Stockholm&#39;s City Hall, attended by around 1,300 guests and the Swedish royal family.

And just before that, American rock star Patti Smith will sing Dylan&#39;s &quot;A Hard Rain&#39;s A-Gonna Fall&quot; during the prize ceremony at Stockholm&#39;s Concert Hall.

Dylan, 75, is the first singer-songwriter to win the prize, a choice that stunned literary circles which had expected a more conventional laureate.

No FARC invited&nbsp; 
On the same day in Oslo, the Nobel Peace Prize will be presented to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, the architect of a peace deal that now appears to be well on track after more than a half-century of conflict.

His government and the Marxist FARC rebels signed a peace accord on November 24 after suffering a serious setback when a first agreement was rejected by the Colombian people in an October 2 referendum.

The shock result appeared to have sent Santos&#39; chances of winning the Nobel up in smoke.

But the Nobel committee surprised punters, reading out Santos&#39; name as the laureate five days later.

&quot;The fact that a majority of the voters said &#39;no&#39; to the peace accord does not necessarily mean that the peace process is dead,&quot; Nobel committee chairwoman Kaci Kullmann Five said at the time.

The renegotiated peace deal, ratified by Congress instead of being put to a popular vote and including proposals from the opposition, still calls for FARC&#39;s disarmament and their transformation to a political movement.

And in the first tangible sign that peace is descending on Colombia, the rebels began destroying their weapons earlier this month.

Santos has invited some 40 people to accompany him to Oslo, most of them family members but also some of the peace negotiators, as well as a dozen representatives of the victims of the conflict, which has claimed 260,000 lives, left more than 60,000 missing and 6.9 million people displaced.

&quot;No FARC representatives are among the guests,&quot; the head of the Nobel Institute, Olav Njolstad, told AFP.

Nor is anyone from the camp of Santos&#39; rival, ex-president Alvaro Uribe, who opposes rebels entering Colombian politics and helped bring down the first peace deal.

After holding a press conference at the Nobel Institute on Friday, Santos will receive his prize on Saturday at a ceremony in Oslo&#39;s City Hall attended by Norway&#39;s King Harald, members of the government and celebrities.

The Nobel prizes are traditionally awarded every December 10th, the anniversary of the death of prize creator Alfred Nobel, a Swedish inventor, philanthropist and industrialist.

(AFP)

A member of the Swedish Academy accused Dylan of being 'impolite and arrogant'

One sings of peace, the other makes peace: Bob Dylan will not travel to Stockholm on Saturday to accept his Nobel prize, but Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will receive his award in Oslo for a deal signed with FARC rebels. In Stockholm, where the prizes for literature, medicine, physics, chemistry and economics are traditionally awarded on December 10th, the formal ceremony will be marked by Dylan's no-show, as the first songwriter to win the literary accolade has declined due to "pre-existing" commitments. Since being awarded the prestigious prize on October 14, the music icon has been a somewhat reluctant recipient, refusing to acknowledge it publicly for several weeks. Amid the silence, a member of the Swedish Academy, which awards the prize, accused Dylan of being "impolite and arrogant". The rock legend finally broke his silence in a newspaper interview two weeks later, calling it "amazing" and saying he would "absolutely" attend the December 10th ceremony, "if at all possible." But two weeks after that, he told the Academy that he had other commitments that prevented him from attending -- though no concert is scheduled on his website. Several other literature laureates have skipped the Nobel ceremony in the past for various reasons -- Doris Lessing on grounds of ill health, Harold Pinter because he was in hospital and Elfriede Jelinek due to social phobia -- though these cases remain "exceptional", according to the Academy. Dylan has sent a thank-you speech to be read at the gala banquet at Stockholm's City Hall, attended by around 1,300 guests and the Swedish royal family. And just before that, American rock star Patti Smith will sing Dylan's "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" during the prize ceremony at Stockholm's Concert Hall. Dylan, 75, is the first singer-songwriter to win the prize, a choice that stunned literary circles which had expected a more conventional laureate. No FARC invited On the same day in Oslo, the Nobel Peace Prize will be presented to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, the architect of a peace deal that now appears to be well on track after more than a half-century of conflict. His government and the Marxist FARC rebels signed a peace accord on November 24 after suffering a serious setback when a first agreement was rejected by the Colombian people in an October 2 referendum. The shock result appeared to have sent Santos' chances of winning the Nobel up in smoke. But the Nobel committee surprised punters, reading out Santos' name as the laureate five days later. "The fact that a majority of the voters said 'no' to the peace accord does not necessarily mean that the peace process is dead," Nobel committee chairwoman Kaci Kullmann Five said at the time. The renegotiated peace deal, ratified by Congress instead of being put to a popular vote and including proposals from the opposition, still calls for FARC's disarmament and their transformation to a political movement. And in the first tangible sign that peace is descending on Colombia, the rebels began destroying their weapons earlier this month. Santos has invited some 40 people to accompany him to Oslo, most of them family members but also some of the peace negotiators, as well as a dozen representatives of the victims of the conflict, which has claimed 260,000 lives, left more than 60,000 missing and 6.9 million people displaced. "No FARC representatives are among the guests," the head of the Nobel Institute, Olav Njolstad, told AFP. Nor is anyone from the camp of Santos' rival, ex-president Alvaro Uribe, who opposes rebels entering Colombian politics and helped bring down the first peace deal. After holding a press conference at the Nobel Institute on Friday, Santos will receive his prize on Saturday at a ceremony in Oslo's City Hall attended by Norway's King Harald, members of the government and celebrities. The Nobel prizes are traditionally awarded every December 10th, the anniversary of the death of prize creator Alfred Nobel, a Swedish inventor, philanthropist and industrialist. (AFP)

Dylan will not travel to Stockholm to accept Nobel

American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature last month, has decided not to attend the award ceremony in Stockholm, the Swedish Academy said on Wednesday.

The notoriously media-shy Dylan said three weeks ago he would accept the eight&nbsp;million Crown ($870,000) prize, after repeated attempts by the award-giving academy to contact him since it named him as the winner on October 13.

The Academy said on its website that it had received a letter from Dylan explaining that due to &quot;pre-existing commitments&quot; he was unable to travel to Stockholm in December.

&quot;We look forward to Bob Dylan&#39;s Nobel Lecture, which he must give &ndash; it is the only requirement &ndash; within six months counting from December 10,&quot; it said in a statement, adding that it would provide additional information on Friday November 18.

The lecture need not be delivered in Stockholm. When British novelist Doris Lessing was awarded the Nobel literature prize in 2007, she composed a lecture and sent it to her Swedish publisher, who read it out at a ceremony in the Swedish capital.

Other Nobel Prize winners who have not attended the prize ceremony include Britain&#39;s Harold Pinter and Elfriede Jelinek of Austria. 
 
(Reuters)

Dylan said he would be unable to attend the ceremony due to 'pre-existing commitments'

American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature last month, has decided not to attend the award ceremony in Stockholm, the Swedish Academy said on Wednesday. The notoriously media-shy Dylan said three weeks ago he would accept the eight million Crown ($870,000) prize, after repeated attempts by the award-giving academy to contact him since it named him as the winner on October 13. The Academy said on its website that it had received a letter from Dylan explaining that due to "pre-existing commitments" he was unable to travel to Stockholm in December. "We look forward to Bob Dylan's Nobel Lecture, which he must give – it is the only requirement – within six months counting from December 10," it said in a statement, adding that it would provide additional information on Friday November 18. The lecture need not be delivered in Stockholm. When British novelist Doris Lessing was awarded the Nobel literature prize in 2007, she composed a lecture and sent it to her Swedish publisher, who read it out at a ceremony in the Swedish capital. Other Nobel Prize winners who have not attended the prize ceremony include Britain's Harold Pinter and Elfriede Jelinek of Austria. (Reuters)

Bob Dylan won't attend Nobel prize ceremony, says Swedish Academy

American music legend Bob Dylan has won the Nobel Literature Prize &nbsp;&#39;for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,&#39; &nbsp;the Swedish Academy said today. &nbsp;

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He is the first songwriter to win the prestigious award, international agency AFP reported.&nbsp;

 
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Dylan (75), born in Duluth, Minnesota, grew up in a Jewish middle-class family in the city of Hibbing, the Academy said in an official statement.&nbsp;

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&quot;As a teenager he played in various bands and with time his interest in music deepened, with a particular passion for American folk music and blues. One of his idols was the folk singer Woody Guthrie. He was also influenced by the early authors of the Beat Generation, as well as by modernist poets,&quot; the statement added.&nbsp;

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The music icon&#39;s influence on &quot;contemporary music is profound and he is the object of a steady stream of secondary literature&quot;, the Academy observed. He has toured persistently since 1980s, an undertaking called the &ldquo;Never-Ending Tour&rdquo;.&nbsp;

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&quot;As an artist, he is strikingly versatile; he has been active as painter, actor and scriptwriter,&quot; the Academy further said.

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Some of his memorable albums are: Bringing It All Back Home (1965), High-way 61 Revisited (1965), Blonde On Blonde (1996), Blood On The Tracks (1975), Oh Mercy (1989), Time Out Of Mind (1997) and Modern Times (2006).

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The songwriter has also published experimental works like Taran-tula (1971) and the collection Writings and Drawings (1973). His autobiography Chronicles (2004), depicts &quot;memories from the early years in New York and which provides glimpses of his life at the center of popular culture,&quot; the official statement by the Academy further highlights.&nbsp;

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(WION with inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

Today, Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature 'for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition'

American music legend Bob Dylan has won the Nobel Literature Prize 'for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,' the Swedish Academy said today. He is the first songwriter to win the prestigious award, international agency AFP reported. BREAKING 2016 #NobelPrize in Literature to Bob Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition” pic.twitter.com/XYkeJKRfhv — The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 13, 2016 × .@bobdylan shakes 2009 Nobel Laureate @BarackObama's hand @WhiteHouse Celebration Of Music From The Civil Rights Movement (2010) #NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/HFC9eaJt4u — The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 13, 2016 × "He is a great poet in the English-speaking tradition," permanent secretary at the Swedish Academy, Sara Danius, said. "Of course he does, he just got it!" https://t.co/dzo9bkmRBP — The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 13, 2016 × Dylan (75), born in Duluth, Minnesota, grew up in a Jewish middle-class family in the city of Hibbing, the Academy said in an official statement. "As a teenager he played in various bands and with time his interest in music deepened, with a particular passion for American folk music and blues. One of his idols was the folk singer Woody Guthrie. He was also influenced by the early authors of the Beat Generation, as well as by modernist poets," the statement added. The music icon's influence on "contemporary music is profound and he is the object of a steady stream of secondary literature", the Academy observed. He has toured persistently since 1980s, an undertaking called the “Never-Ending Tour”. "As an artist, he is strikingly versatile; he has been active as painter, actor and scriptwriter," the Academy further said. Some of his memorable albums are: Bringing It All Back Home (1965), High-way 61 Revisited (1965), Blonde On Blonde (1996), Blood On The Tracks (1975), Oh Mercy (1989), Time Out Of Mind (1997) and Modern Times (2006). The songwriter has also published experimental works like Taran-tula (1971) and the collection Writings and Drawings (1973). His autobiography Chronicles (2004), depicts "memories from the early years in New York and which provides glimpses of his life at the center of popular culture," the official statement by the Academy further highlights. (WION with inputs from agencies)

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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced on Sunday that he will&nbsp;donate his Nobel Peace Prize money to victims of the conflict that has plagued &nbsp;his country for half a century.

&quot;Last night, I met with my family and we have decided to donate those eight million Swedish krona ($925,000) to the victims,&quot; Santos said after a religious ceremony for those affected by the armed conflict in the northwestern town of Bojaya, AFP reported.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee had on Saturday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Santos for &quot;his resolute efforts to bring the country&rsquo;s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end&quot;, after he signed a historic peace deal with FARC rebels.

Santos won the award despite the rejection of the accord in a referendum.

The war in Colombia has claimed at least 220,000 lives and displaced close to six million people, the committee had observed.&nbsp;

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Santos announced that he would donate the $925,000 prize money to victims of conflict that roiled the country for more than five decades

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced on Sunday that he will donate his Nobel Peace Prize money to victims of the conflict that has plagued his country for half a century. "Last night, I met with my family and we have decided to donate those eight million Swedish krona ($925,000) to the victims," Santos said after a religious ceremony for those affected by the armed conflict in the northwestern town of Bojaya, AFP reported. The Norwegian Nobel Committee had on Saturday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Santos for "his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end", after he signed a historic peace deal with FARC rebels. Santos won the award despite the rejection of the accord in a referendum. The war in Colombia has claimed at least 220,000 lives and displaced close to six million people, the committee had observed. (WION with inputs from AFP)

Colombian President to donate Nobel prize money to conflict victims

The 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine was on Monday awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi from Japan. The announcement was made at the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet in Solna, Sweden.

Ohsumi is the 23th Nobel Laureate born in Japan and is a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology&#39;s Frontier Research Center. He was awarded the prize for&nbsp;&quot;his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy&quot;. Autophagy is a process whereby the eukaryotic cell can recycle part of its own content. It&#39;s &quot;self eating&rdquo; is a process for degrading and recycling cellular components.

Ohsumi generated an enormous interest in autophagy which is now one of the most intensely studied areas of biomedical research. Read more about Ohsumi&#39;s work <a href="http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2016/advanced-medicineprize2016.pdf">here</a>.

The prize money the professor will receive is eight&nbsp;million Swedish Kronas (just over $1.2 million US). This year, 273 scientists were nominated for the prize in the area of Physiology or Medicine.

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The 2015 Medicine Prize was awarded to William C Campbell, Satoshi Omura and Youyou Tu for their discoveries concerning novel therapies against River Blindness, Lymphatic Filariasis &amp; Malaria.

(First appeared in DNA)

The million Dollar prize was awarded to him for his work in 'autophagy', now one of the most intensely studied areas of biomedical research

The 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine was on Monday awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi from Japan. The announcement was made at the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet in Solna, Sweden. Ohsumi is the 23th Nobel Laureate born in Japan and is a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology's Frontier Research Center. He was awarded the prize for "his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy". Autophagy is a process whereby the eukaryotic cell can recycle part of its own content. It's "self eating” is a process for degrading and recycling cellular components. Ohsumi generated an enormous interest in autophagy which is now one of the most intensely studied areas of biomedical research. Read more about Ohsumi's work here. The prize money the professor will receive is eight million Swedish Kronas (just over $1.2 million US). This year, 273 scientists were nominated for the prize in the area of Physiology or Medicine. ”I was surprised. I was in my lab” says Yoshinori Ohsumi on being awarded the 2016 #NobelPrize #Medicine. Interview to follow! — The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 3, 2016 The 2015 Medicine Prize was awarded to William C Campbell, Satoshi Omura and Youyou Tu for their discoveries concerning novel therapies against River Blindness, Lymphatic Filariasis & Malaria. (First appeared in DNA)

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to Japan's Yoshinori Ohsumi

Colombia started circulating a new 50,000-peso banknote&nbsp;on Friday&nbsp;bearing the likeness of late Nobel-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

The light purple piece of money, worth equivalent of $17.40, &quot;pays honour to a person who carried Colombia&#39;s name far and wide from the middle of the last century,&quot; the head of the country&#39;s central bank, Jose Dario Uribe, said.

The banknote was launched in a ceremony in Santa Marta, a town on Colombia&#39;s Caribbean coast, close to Garcia Marquez&#39;s birthplace, that served as the setting for the writer&#39;s landmark 1967 novel &quot;One Hundred Years of Solitude.&quot;

The first retail bank customer to receive the new bill, Jadis Saker, said &quot;this moment will remain carved into my memory,&quot; according to the newspaper El Heraldo.

Garcia Marquez, who was born in 1927, started out as a journalist before finding fame as an author and pioneering a style called &quot;magic realism.&quot; In 1982, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature

He died in April 2014 aged 87, in Mexico, where he lived with his wife. 
 
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Country's central bank head said note pays tribute to man who 'carried country's name far and wide'

Colombia started circulating a new 50,000-peso banknote on Friday bearing the likeness of late Nobel-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The light purple piece of money, worth equivalent of $17.40, "pays honour to a person who carried Colombia's name far and wide from the middle of the last century," the head of the country's central bank, Jose Dario Uribe, said. The banknote was launched in a ceremony in Santa Marta, a town on Colombia's Caribbean coast, close to Garcia Marquez's birthplace, that served as the setting for the writer's landmark 1967 novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude." The first retail bank customer to receive the new bill, Jadis Saker, said "this moment will remain carved into my memory," according to the newspaper El Heraldo. Garcia Marquez, who was born in 1927, started out as a journalist before finding fame as an author and pioneering a style called "magic realism." In 1982, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature He died in April 2014 aged 87, in Mexico, where he lived with his wife. (AFP)

Colombia honours Garcia Marquez by using his face on banknote

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