can you name any controversial recipients of it?
The most criticised Nobel Peace Prizes was the one awarded to Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ
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Among the most criticised Nobel Peace Prizes was the one awarded to Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ. This led to the resignation of two Norwegian Nobel Committee members.
what do winners of the nobel prize receive They are given a sum of money when they receive their prizes, in the form of a document confirming the amount awarded. who receives it? It is awarded "to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind”. According to Alfred Nobel's will
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Nobel Prize [SEP] Controversial recipients
Among other criticisms, the Nobel Committees have been accused of having a political agenda, and of omitting more deserving candidates. They have also been accused of Eurocentrism, especially for the Literature Prize. Among the most criticised Nobel Peace Prizes was the one awarded to Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ. This led to the resignation of two Norwegian Nobel Committee members. Kissinger and Thọ were awarded the prize for negotiating a ceasefire between North Vietnam and the United States in January 1973. However, when the award was announced, both sides were still engaging in hostilities. Critics sympathetic to the North announced that Kissinger was not a peace-maker but the opposite, responsible for widening the war.