This website on Fritz Haber, the winner of the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, includes both primary and secondary texts and resources for further reading and research.

At this website from The Nobel e-Museum, read about Harold Clayton Urey (1893-1981 CE), the chemist awarded with a Nobel Prize "for his discovery of heavy hydrogen." Download Urey's Nobel Lecture, "Some thermodynamic properties of hydrogen an deuterium," (in PDF format) and read a brief biography, which provides information on both Urey's personal life and professional career.

Read about Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994), the recipient of two Nobel Prizes, and his research into the nature of the chemical bond which earned him recognition in the world of chemistry.

At this site read about Willard Frank Libby (1908-1980 CE), the scientist and mathematician who discovered the carbon dating methods used by archaologists and geologists. This website includes the Nobel Prize "Presentation Speech," as well as Libby's Nobel Lecture, entitled "Radiocarbon dating," which is available in pdf format.

This site from the Nobel eMuseum allows you to read about the recipient of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910-1994 CE), who was honored "For her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances." This website is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," and "Other Resources."

The Nobel Prize in Literature website describes the prize and its past winners. Includes information on the authors, as well as acceptance speeches.

Read about the Rabindranath Tagore, the Indian writer honored for his "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse." This Nobel Prize-winner profile includes a brief overview of Tagore's life and published works, as well as the Presentation Speech--originally given by Harald Hjarne -- which discusses the impact of Tagore's thought provoking literary writing in the Western World.

This website on 1921 Nobel Prize winner Anatole France is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Acceptance Speech," "Swedish Nobel Stamps," and "Other Resources."

Here is the 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech, through which Per Hallstrom discusses and praises the elements and strengths of Benavente's dramas.

This official Nobel Foundation profile of the Irish poet William Butler Yeats includes a biography and the text of his 1923 acceptance speech.

This Nobel Foundation profile of writer George Bernard Shaw is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Biography," and "Other Resources."

The Official Nobel Prize website offers press releases, an autobiography, a biography, Mann's acceptance speech and links.

At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can read about the 1934 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936 CE), who was honored "For his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art."

Read about the winner of the 1936 Nobel Prize in Literature, Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, who was honored "for the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of tragedy." This website is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Autobiography," "Acceptance Speech," and "Other Resources."

Honored "for his inspired writings which, . . . exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style," Hermann Hesse (1877-1962 CE) was the 1946 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Read about his contributions to the world of literature through this website, which is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Autobiography," "Acceptance Speech," and "Other Resources."

This Nobel Prize site provides hyperlinks (on the far right) to the press release announcing the award to T.S. Eliot (1888-1965 CE), a short biography of his life, the introduction of Eliot to the Academy, and Eliot's acceptance speech. These latter two articles are interesting for the glimpse they give into Eliot's view of poetry and the role the Academy saw Eliot's poetry playing in the larger world.

At this site read about the 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature recipient, Par Fabian Lagerkvist (1891-1974 CE), a writer who was honored for his poetry which addressed "the eternal questions confronting mankind." This website is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Acceptance Speech," "Swedish Nobel Stamps," and "Other Resources."

This website from The Nobel Foundation features a comprehensive presentation of Mauriac, including biography, photo, and speeches.

The Nobel Foundation offers information about Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965 CE) who earned the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values." From the righ-hand side this website is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Documentary" (which includes a video clip), "Banquet Speech," and "Other Resources."

Features a comprehensive presentation of Camus, including biography, photo, acceptance speech, and other resources.