List of Italian Nobel laureates
Since 1906, 20 Italians have been awarded the Nobel Prize.
Laureates
| Year | Winner | Field | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | Camillo Golgi | Medicine | "in recognition of their work on the structure of the nervous system" |
| 1906 | Giosuè Carducci | Literature | "not only in consideration of his deep learning and critical research, but above all as a tribute to the creative energy, freshness of style, and lyrical force which characterize his poetic masterpieces" |
| 1907 | Ernesto Teodoro Moneta | Peace | |
| 1909 | Guglielmo Marconi | Physics | "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy" |
| 1926 | Grazia Deledda | Literature | "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general" |
| 1934 | Luigi Pirandello | Literature | "for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art" |
| 1938 | Enrico Fermi | Physics | "for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons" |
| 1957 | Daniel Bovet | Medicine | "for his discoveries relating to synthetic compounds that inhibit the action of certain body substances, and especially their action on the vascular system and the skeletal muscles" |
| 1959 | Emilio Gino Segrè | Physics | "for their discovery of the antiproton" |
| 1959 | Salvatore Quasimodo | Literature | "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times" |
| 1963 | Giulio Natta | Chemistry | "for their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers" |
| 1969 | Salvador Luria | Medicine | "for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the geneticstructure of viruses" |
| 1975 | Renato Dulbecco | Medicine | "for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell" |
| 1975 | Eugenio Montale | Literature | "for his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions" |
| 1984 | Carlo Rubbia | Physics | "for their decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z,communicators of weak interaction" |
| 1985 | Franco Modigliani | Economics | |
| 1986 | Rita Levi-Montalcini | Medicine | "for their discoveries of growth factors" |
| 1997 | Dario Fo | Literature | "who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden" |
| 2002 | Riccardo Giacconi | Physics | "for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources" |
| 2007 | Mario Capecchi | Medicine | "for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells" |
References
- "Italian Nobel laureates". www.italiansrus.com. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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