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Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the 2021 Nobel prize for literature.

The Tanzanian novelist, who is based in the UK, was awarded the prize for his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents”.

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Field Medal is given: after 4 years

Field Medal purpose: to promote international cooperation in Mathematics

Field Medal given: Mathematicians under age of 40

Field Medal described as: Nobel Prize in Mathematics

Field Medal started: 1936

Note: Maryna Viazovska of Ukraine, James Maynard of United Kingdom, Hugo Duminil-Copin of France, June Huh of USA are winner of Field Medal Award 2022, given on 5 July 2022

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Anna Qabale Duba is the winner of the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award 2022.

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Scottish writer Douglas Stuart won the Booker Prize for fiction on November 19, 2020 for Shuggie Bain, the story of a boy`s turbulent coming of age in hardscrabble 1980s Glasgow.

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Georgi Gospodinov is the first person from Bulgaria to receive International Booker prize in the year 2023.

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• Biggest prize in Punjabi literature.
• 1st woman winner since 2013.
• Punjabi is the 3rd most spoken language in Canada.

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Academy award/Oscar award 2021

Edition: 93rd  

Date: 25 March 2021

Venue: Dolly Theater, Los Angeles (USA)

Best Director: Chloe Zhao (China)

Oscar Award is given by the US Academy of Motion Picture arts & Sciences

First Oscar: 16 May 1929

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Academy/Oscar Award 2023 (Hollywood)

Edition: 95th

Date: 12 March 2023

Venue: Los Angeles, USA

Organizer: Academy of Motion Picture arts and Sciences

Host: Jimmy Kimmel (American television host)

Shortlisted movies: 301

Best Documentary Short film: The Elephant Whisperers (Indian)

Best Picture: Everything Everywhere All at once (American comedy-drama)

Best Actor: Brendan Fraser (Canadian-American actor)

Brendan Fraser won Best Actor award for his film: The Whale

Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh (Malaysian Actress)

Michelle Yeoh won Best Actress award for her film: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert won Best Director award for: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best international film: All Quiet on the western front (Germany)

Best animated feature film: Pinocchio

Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan (American Actor)

Ke Huy Quan won Best Supporting Actor award for his role in: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis (American Actress)

Jamie Lee Curtis won best supporting award for her role in: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Most awards: Everything Everywhere All at Once (7 awards)

Most nominations: Everything Everywhere All at Once (11 nominations)

Best Documentary Feature Film: Navalny

Best Cinematography: James Friend (Britain)

James Friend won Best Cinematography for: All Quiet on the Western Front

Best Visual Award: Avatar: The Way of Water (American Fiction Film)

Best Film Editing Award: Everything Everywhere All at Once

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Date: Nov 30, 2023 – Dec 9, 2023

Edition: 3rd