They held the fancy Nobel ceremonies yesterday, and everybody got to pick up their medals and diplomas and shake the royal hand and so on.
All very fancy and slightly ridiculous -- white tie and tails are mandated at the Nobel Banquet -- but good fun and, given the payday, what the hell ?
Anyway, the official site does a really nice job of providing coverage of every silly last detail, from video footage of the ceremony to the menu (side note: the wine selection looks kind of weak to me -- I would have stuck with the champagne -- and then Grönstedts Cognac VO ... not even XO ? come on, nice to support the local guy, but even akvavit would be preferable to this).
Modiano gave his Nobel lecture on Sunday. Here now is the award ceremony presentation speech, given by "Writer, PhD Jesper Svenbro" -- and here is the Nobel diploma Modiano got yesterday:
![Patrick Modiano's Nobel diploma]()
I have to admit, I'm no great fan of the Nobel diplomas (yes, the official site lets you look at all of them since 1997 -- neat !). But some of the art work is pretty good.
Modiano gave his Nobel lecture on Sunday. Here now is the award ceremony presentation speech, given by "Writer, PhD Jesper Svenbro" -- and here is the Nobel diploma Modiano got yesterday:
I have to admit, I'm no great fan of the Nobel diplomas (yes, the official site lets you look at all of them since 1997 -- neat !). But some of the art work is pretty good.