What to Know About the 2024 Nobel Prizes

Nobel Prize season is upon us.Every October, committees in Sweden and Norway name laureates in a variety of prizes related to science, literature and economics, as well as peace work.

In total, six prizes will be awarded.Laureates will receive their Nobel Prize medals and diplomas in Stockholm in December.Here is a quick guide to this year’s prizes.What are the Nobel Prizes?Six Nobel Prizes are awarded every year, each recognizing an individual’s or organization’s groundbreaking contribution in a specific field.Prizes are given for physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry, economic science, literature and peace work, which often draws the most attention because of the fame of the people and groups nominated.This year, there are 285 candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize — 196 individuals and 89 organizations, the Nobel committee said.

Last year, the institute received more than 350 nominations.The highest number ever received was 376 candidates, in 2016.

(Here’s how those nominations work.)Previous Nobel Peace Prize recipients include Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai (2014); President Barack Obama (2009); Nelson Mandela and F.W.de Klerk (1993); the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (1989); and Mother Teresa (1979)....