Nobel Peace Prize Stories

NoViolet Bulawayo wins the best of 25 years of the Caine Prize: Why she deserves it
The Conversation  |  Oct 11, 2025

Her short story, Hitting Budapest, won the prize in 2011. She has gone on to publish two acclaimed novels, We Need New Names and Glory. Both were shor...

Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela wins Nobel Peace Prize
DW News  |  Oct 10, 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 has gone to Maria Corina Machado. The committee lauded "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of...

Former US president and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Jimmy Carter dies aged 100
Reuters  |  Dec 30, 2024

US President Joe Biden directed that January 9 will be a national day of mourning throughout the United States for Carter, the White House said in a s...

Japanese atomic bomb survivors group Nihon Hidankyo wins 2024 Nobel Peace Prize
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 11, 2024

Nihon Hidankyo is a grassroots movement made up of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, known as Hibakusha.

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