1992 Nobel Prizes
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The 1992 Nobel Prizes were awarded by the Nobel Foundation, based in Sweden. Six categories were awarded: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences.[1]
Prizes
Physics
| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Georges Charpak
(1924–2010) |
 French |
"for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber" | [2] |
Chemistry
| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Rudolph A. Marcus
(1923–2026) |
 Canadian
|
"for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems" | [3] |
Physiology or Medicine
| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Edmond H. Fischer
(1920–2021) |
 Switzerland
|
"for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism" | [4] |
| Edwin G. Krebs
(1918–2009) |
 United States | |||
Literature
| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Derek Walcott
(1930–2017) |
 Saint Lucia |
"for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment" | [5] |
Peace
| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Rigoberta Menchú
(born 1959) |
 Guatemala |
"for her struggle for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples." | [6] |
Economic Sciences
| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gary Becker
(1930–2014) |
United States |
"for having extended the domain of microeconomic analysis to a wide range of human behaviour and interaction, including non-market behaviour" | [7] |