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Six categories were awarded: <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Physics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry" title="Nobel Prize in Chemistry">Chemistry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine" title="Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine">Physiology or Medicine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" title="Nobel Prize in Literature">Literature</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize">Peace</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences" title="Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences">Economic Sciences</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nobel Week took place from December 6 to 12, including programming such as lectures, dialogues, and discussions. The award ceremony and banquet for the Peace Prize were scheduled in <a href="/wiki/Oslo" title="Oslo">Oslo</a> on December 10, while the award ceremony and banquet for all other categories were scheduled for the same day in <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prizes">Prizes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Nobel_Prizes&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Prizes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Physics">Physics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Nobel_Prizes&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Physics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">Awardee(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_K._Kao_cropped_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Charles_K._Kao_cropped_2.jpg/75px-Charles_K._Kao_cropped_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Charles_K._Kao_cropped_2.jpg/112px-Charles_K._Kao_cropped_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Charles_K._Kao_cropped_2.jpg/150px-Charles_K._Kao_cropped_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2350" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_K._Kao" title="Charles K. Kao">Charles K. Kao</a> <p>(1933–2018) </p> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> Chinese <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> British </p> </td> <td>"for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in <a href="/wiki/Optical_fiber" title="Optical fiber">fibers</a> for <a href="/wiki/Optical_communication" title="Optical communication">optical communication</a>" </td> <td rowspan="3"><sup id="cite_ref-N09_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-N09-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-23.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-23.jpg/75px-Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-23.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-23.jpg/113px-Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-23.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-23.jpg/150px-Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-23.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1858" data-file-height="2596" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willard_Boyle" title="Willard Boyle">Willard S. Boyle</a> <p>(1924–2011) </p> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> Canadian </td> <td rowspan="2">"for the invention of an imaging <a href="/wiki/Semiconductor" title="Semiconductor">semiconductor</a> circuit—the <a href="/wiki/Charge-coupled_device" title="Charge-coupled device">CCD sensor</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-27.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-27.jpg/75px-Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-27.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-27.jpg/112px-Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-27.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-27.jpg/149px-Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-27.jpg 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="1056" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_E._Smith" title="George E. Smith">George E. Smith</a> <p>(b. 1930) </p> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> American </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chemistry">Chemistry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Nobel_Prizes&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chemistry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">Awardee(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-04.jpg/75px-Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-04.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-04.jpg/113px-Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-04.jpg/150px-Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2128" data-file-height="3146" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Venkatraman_Ramakrishnan" class="mw-redirect" title="Venkatraman Ramakrishnan">Venkatraman Ramakrishnan</a> <p>(b. 1952) </p> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> British <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> American </p> </td> <td rowspan="3">"for studies of the structure and function of the <a href="/wiki/Ribosome" title="Ribosome">ribosome</a>" </td> <td rowspan="3"><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-10.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-10.jpg/120px-Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-10.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-10.jpg/250px-Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1496" data-file-height="2344" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_A._Steitz" title="Thomas A. Steitz">Thomas A. Steitz</a> <p>(1940–2018) </p> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> American </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AdaYonath_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/AdaYonath_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-AdaYonath_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/AdaYonath_%28cropped%29.jpg/112px-AdaYonath_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/AdaYonath_%28cropped%29.jpg/149px-AdaYonath_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="507" data-file-height="570" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ada_Yonath" title="Ada Yonath">Ada E. Yonath</a> <p>(b. 1939) </p> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> Israeli </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Physiology_or_Medicine">Physiology or Medicine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Nobel_Prizes&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Physiology or Medicine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">Awardee(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Elizabeth_Blackburn_2009-01.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Elizabeth_Blackburn_2009-01.JPG/75px-Elizabeth_Blackburn_2009-01.JPG" decoding="async" width="75" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Elizabeth_Blackburn_2009-01.JPG/113px-Elizabeth_Blackburn_2009-01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Elizabeth_Blackburn_2009-01.JPG/150px-Elizabeth_Blackburn_2009-01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="1478" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Blackburn" title="Elizabeth Blackburn">Elizabeth H. Blackburn</a> <p>(b. 1948) </p> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </p> </td> <td rowspan="3">"for the discovery of how <a href="/wiki/Chromosome" title="Chromosome">chromosomes</a> are protected by <a href="/wiki/Telomere" title="Telomere">telomeres</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Enzyme" title="Enzyme">enzyme</a> <a href="/wiki/Telomerase" title="Telomerase">telomerase</a>" </td> <td rowspan="3"><sup id="cite_ref-nobel-2009_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nobel-2009-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GREIDER_Carol_2014_-_Less_vignetting.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/GREIDER_Carol_2014_-_Less_vignetting.jpg/75px-GREIDER_Carol_2014_-_Less_vignetting.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/GREIDER_Carol_2014_-_Less_vignetting.jpg/112px-GREIDER_Carol_2014_-_Less_vignetting.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/GREIDER_Carol_2014_-_Less_vignetting.jpg/149px-GREIDER_Carol_2014_-_Less_vignetting.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2934" data-file-height="3929" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carol_W._Greider" title="Carol W. Greider">Carol W. Greider</a> <p>(b. 1961) </p> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JSzostak.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/JSzostak.jpg/120px-JSzostak.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/JSzostak.jpg 2x" data-file-width="143" data-file-height="205" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_W._Szostak" title="Jack W. Szostak">Jack W. Szostak</a> <p>(b. 1952) </p> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literature">Literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Nobel_Prizes&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2009_Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" title="2009 Nobel Prize in Literature">2009 Nobel Prize in Literature</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">Awardee(s) </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herta_M%C3%BCller_Literaturfest_M%C3%BCnchen_2016_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Herta_M%C3%BCller_Literaturfest_M%C3%BCnchen_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Herta_M%C3%BCller_Literaturfest_M%C3%BCnchen_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Herta_M%C3%BCller_Literaturfest_M%C3%BCnchen_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Herta_M%C3%BCller_Literaturfest_M%C3%BCnchen_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Herta_M%C3%BCller_Literaturfest_M%C3%BCnchen_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Herta_M%C3%BCller_Literaturfest_M%C3%BCnchen_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1453" data-file-height="2188" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Herta_M%C3%BCller" title="Herta Müller">Herta Müller</a> <p>(b. 1953) </p> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a> </p> </td> <td>"who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed" </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Literature2009_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Literature2009-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Peace">Peace</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Nobel_Prizes&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Peace"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2009_Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="2009 Nobel Peace Prize">2009 Nobel Peace Prize</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">Awardee(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Barack_Obama-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Official_portrait_of_Barack_Obama-2.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Barack_Obama-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Official_portrait_of_Barack_Obama-2.jpg/113px-Official_portrait_of_Barack_Obama-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Official_portrait_of_Barack_Obama-2.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Barack_Obama-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1282" data-file-height="1893" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></b> <p>(born 1961) </p> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td>"for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic_Sciences">Economic Sciences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Nobel_Prizes&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economic Sciences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">Awardee(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-30.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-30.jpg/75px-Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-30.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-30.jpg/113px-Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-30.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-30.jpg/150px-Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-30.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2019" data-file-height="3002" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elinor_Ostrom" title="Elinor Ostrom">Elinor Ostrom</a> <p>(1933–2012) </p> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td>"for her analysis of economic governance, especially <a href="/wiki/Commons" title="Commons">the commons</a>" </td> <td rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-Winners2009_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winners2009-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span 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Williamson">Oliver E. Williamson</a> <p>(1932–2020) </p> </td> <td>"for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm" </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Nobel_Prizes&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Peace_2">Peace</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Nobel_Prizes&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Peace"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_controversies#Peace" title="Nobel Prize controversies">Nobel Prize controversies § Peace</a></div> <p>The Peace Prize's awarding to Obama drew widespread criticism on several counts. Polling data on American sentiments regarding its conferment were mixed, and several pointed out that Obama had only served nine months in the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> prior to receiving the prize and therefore it was undeserved or, at least, premature.<sup id="cite_ref-USApoll2_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USApoll2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Opinion across the world, among citizens of different countries as well as many heads of state, was divided.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many, such as those in the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, saw it less as a celebration of Obama and more so a critique of the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_George_W._Bush" title="Presidency of George W. Bush">presidency of George W. Bush</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-lat1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lat1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tfnyt_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tfnyt-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Beinart" title="Peter Beinart">Peter Beinart</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Beast" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily Beast">Daily Beast</a></i> called the decision a "farce"; <a href="/wiki/Noam_Chomsky" title="Noam Chomsky">Noam Chomsky</a> said: "In defense of the committee, we might say that the achievement of doing nothing to advance peace places Obama on a considerably higher moral plane than some of the earlier recipients".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some called the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Foundation" title="Nobel Foundation">Nobel Foundation</a> no longer credible.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later, through Obama's terms as president, public opinion among Americans regarding his deservingness for the prize waned.<sup id="cite_ref-USApoll_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USApoll-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Critics continued to cite the <a href="/wiki/War_on_Terror" class="mw-redirect" title="War on Terror">War on Terror</a> as an indictment of his award's citation.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some even called for it to be rescinded or returned.<sup id="cite_ref-HuffPost_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HuffPost-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Geil Lundestad, the former director of the Nobel Foundation up until 2014, said in his 2015 memoir that Obama failed to live up to the Nobel Committee's expectations.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span 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