Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
OLAH, GEORGE A., U.S.A., University of Southern California, CA, b. 1927 (in Budapest, Hungary): "for his contribution to carbocation chemistry"
Literature
OE, KENZABURO, Japan, b. 1935: "who with poetic force creates an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today"
Peace
The prize was awarded joinly to: ARAFAT, YASSER, b. 1929: Chairman of the Executive Committee of the PLO, President of the Palestinian National Authority. PERES, SHIMON, Israel, b. 1923: Foreign Minister of Israel. RABIN, YITZHAK, Israel, b
Physics
The prize was awarded "for pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter" by one half to: BROCKHOUSE, BERTRAM N., Canada, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, b. 1918: "for t