1959 Nobel Prize Winners

Chemistry

Jaroslav Heyrovsky

for his discovery and development of the polarographic methods of analysis

Literature

Salvatore Quasimodo

for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times

Peace

Philip J. Noel-Baker

for his longstanding contribution to the cause of disarmament and peace

Physics

Emilio Gino Segrè

for their discovery of the antiproton

Owen Chamberlain

for their discovery of the antiproton

Physiology or Medicine

Severo Ochoa

for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid

Arthur Kornberg

for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid