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International Awards

Man Booker Prize

Sr.No Year Name of the Book Author Author's Country of

Origin 1 2013 The Luminaries Eleanor Catton Canada, New Zealand

2 2012 Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel United Kingdom

3 2011 The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes United Kingdom

4 2010 The Finkler Question Howard Jacobson United Kingdom

5 2009 Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel United Kingdom

6 2008 The White Tiger Aravind Adiga India

7 2007 The Gathering Anne Enright Ireland

8 2006 The Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai India

9 2005 The Sea John Banville Ireland

10 2004 The Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst United Kingdom

11 2003 Vernon God Little DBC Pierre Australia

12 2002 Life of Pi Yann Martel Canada

13 2001 True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey Australia

14 2000 The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood Canada

15 1999 Disgrace J. M. Coetzee South Africa

16 1998 Amsterdam Ian McEwan United Kingdom

17 1997 The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy India

18 1996 Last Orders Graham Swift United Kingdom

19 1995 The Ghost Road Pat Barker United Kingdom

20 1994 How Late It Was, How Late James Kelman United Kingdom

21 1993 Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Roddy Doyle Ireland

22 1992 Sacred Hunger Barry Unsworth United Kingdom

23 1992 The English Patient Michael Ondaatje Sri Lanka

24 1991 The Famished Road Ben Okri Nigeria

25 1990 Possession A. S. Byatt United Kingdom

26 1989 The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro Japan

27 1988 Oscar and Lucinda Peter Carey Australia

Pulitzer Awards

Sr.No Year Name of the Book Author

1 2014 The Goldfinch Donna Tartt

2 2013 The Orphan Master's Son Adam Johnson

3 2011 A Visit From the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan

4 2010 Tinkers Paul Harding

5 2009 Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout

6 2008 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Daz

7 2007 The Road Cormac McCarthy

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Sr.No Year Name of the Book Author 8 2006 March Geraldine Brooks

9 2005 Gilead Marilynne Robinson

10 2004 The Known World Edward P. Jones

11 2003 Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides

12 2002 Empire Falls Richard Russo

13 2001 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Michael Chabon

14 2000 Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri

15 1999 The Hours Michael Cunningham

16 1998 American Pastoral Philip Roth

17 1997 Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer Steven Millhauser

18 1996 Independence Day Richard Ford

19 1995 The Stone Diaries Carol Shields

20 1994 The Shipping News E. Annie Proulx

21 1993 A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Robert Olen Butler

22 1992 A Thousand Acres Jane Smiley

23 1991 Rabbit at Rest John Updike

24 1990 The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love Oscar Hijuelos

25 1989 Breathing Lessons Anne Tyler

26 1988 Beloved Toni Morrison

27 1987 A Summons to Memphis Peter Taylor

Nobel Prize

Sr.No Year Category Nobel Laureates

1 2013 Physics Franois Englert, Peter W. Higgs

2 2013 Chemistry Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel

3 2013 Physiology or Medicine James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C.

Sdhof

4 2013 Literature Alice Munro

5 2013 Peace Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

(OPCW)

6 2013 Economic Sciences Eugene F. Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert J. Shiller

7 2012 Physics Serge Haroche, David J. Wineland

8 2012 Chemistry Robert J. Lefkowitz, Brian K. Kobilka

9 2012 Physiology or Medicine Sir John B. Gurdon, Shinya Yamanaka

10 2012 Literature Mo Yan

11 2012 Peace European Union (EU)

12 2012 Economic Sciences Alvin E. Roth, Lloyd S. Shapley

13 2011 Physics Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt, Adam G. Riess

14 2011 Chemistry Dan Shechtman

15 2011 Physiology or Medicine Bruce A. Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann, Ralph M. Steinman

16 2011 Literature Tomas Transtrmer

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Sr.No Year Category Nobel Laureates

17 2011 Peace Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkol Karman

18 2011 Economic Sciences Thomas J. Sargent, Christopher A. Sims

19 2010 Physics Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov

20 2010 Chemistry Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi, Akira Suzuki

21 2010 Physiology or Medicine Robert G. Edwards

22 2010 Literature Mario Vargas Llosa

23 2010 Peace Liu Xiaobo

24 2010 Economic Sciences Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen, Christopher A.

Pissarides

25 2009 Physics Charles Kuen Kao, Willard S. Boyle, George E. Smith

26 2009 Chemistry Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz, Ada E.

Yonath

27 2009 Physiology or Medicine Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, Jack W. Szostak

28 2009 Literature Herta Mller

29 2009 Peace Barack H. Obama

30 2009 Economic Sciences Elinor Ostrom, Oliver E. Williamson

31 2008 Physics Yoichiro Nambu, Makoto Kobayashi, Toshihide Maskawa

32 2008 Chemistry Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie, Roger Y. Tsien

33 2008 Physiology or Medicine Harald zur Hausen, Franoise Barr-Sinoussi, Luc

Montagnier

34 2008 Literature Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clzio

35 2008 Peace Martti Ahtisaari

36 2008 Economic Sciences Paul Krugman

Complete List of Indian Nobel Laureates

Sr.No. Year Category Nobel Laureates

1 2009 Chemistry Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

2 2007 Peace Rajendra Kumar Pachauri

3 1998 Economic sciences Amartya Sen

4 1983 Physics Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

5 1979 Peace Mother Teresa

6 1968 Medicine Har Gobind Khorana

7 1930 Physics C.V. Raman

8 1913 Literature Rabindranath Tagore

9 1907 Literature Rudyard Kipling

10 1902 Medicine Ronald Ross

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Ramon Magsaysay Award

Sr.No Year Awardee Category Awardee's Country of

Origin

1 2013 Jenil Shah Government Service India

2 2013 Ernesto Domingo Emergent Leadership Philippines

3 2013 Corruption Eradication

Commission Emergent Leadership Indonesia

4 2013 Habiba Sarabi Uncategorised Afghanistan

5 2013 Lahpai Seng Raw Uncategorised Myanmar

6 2013 Shakti Samuha Uncategorised Nepal

7 2012 Syeda Rizwana Hasan Uncategorised Bangladesh

8 2012 Yang Siang Koma Public Service Cambodia

9 2012 Kulendei Francis Community Leadership India

10 2012 Romulo Davide Journalism, Literature,

and the Creative Communication Arts

Philippines

11 2012 Chen Shu-chu Peace and

International Understanding

Taiwan

12 2012 Ambrosius Ruwindrijarto Emergent Leadership Indonesia

13 2011 Tri Mumpuni Public Service Indonesia

14 2011 Husanain Juaini Public Service Indonesia

15 2011 Koul Panha

Peace and International

Understanding & Emergent Leadership

Cambodia

16 2011 Harish Hande Emergent Leadership India

17 2011 Nileema Mishra Emergent Leadership India

18 2010 Fu Qiping Government Service China

19 2010 Pan Yue Government Service China

20 2010 Christopher Bernido Public Service Philippines

21 2010 Ma. Victoria Carpio-Bernido Public Service Philippines

22 2010 A.H.M. Noman Khan Community Leadership Bangladesh

23 2010 Huo Daishan Journalism, Literature,

and the Creative Communication Arts

China

24 2010 Tadatoshi Akiba Peace and

International Understanding

Japan

25 2009 Krisana Kraisintu Public Service Thailand

26 2009 Deep Joshi Community Leadership India

27 2009 Ma Jun Journalism, Literature,

and the Creative Communication Arts

China

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Sr.No Year Awardee Category Awardee's Country of

Origin

28 2009 Yu Xiaogang Peace and

International Understanding

China

29 2009 Ka Hsaw Wa Emergent Leadership Burma

30 2008 Grace Padaca Government Service Philippines

31 2008 Aris Alip Public Service Philippines

32 2008 Therdchai Jivacate Public Service Thailand

33 2008 Dr. Prakash Amte Community Leadership India

34 2008 Dr. Mandakini Amte Community Leadership India

35 2008 Akio Ishii Journalism, Literature,

and the Creative Communication Arts

Japan

36 2008 Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif Peace and

International Understanding

Indonesia

37 2008 Ananda Galappatti Emergent Leadership Sri Lanka