All Nobel Prizes (1916-1921): 1921 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 Albert Einstein "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1921 Frederick Soddy "for his contributions to our knowledge of the chemistry of radioactive substances, and his investigations into the origin and nature of isotopes" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1921 No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1921 Anatole France "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament" The Nobel Peace Prize 1921 Karl Hjalmar Branting Christian Lous Lange 1920 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1920 Charles Edouard Guillaume "in recognition of the service he has rendered to precision measurements in Physics by his discovery of anomalies in nickel steel alloys" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1920 Walther Hermann Nernst "in recognition of his work in thermochemistry" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1920 Schack August Steenberg Krogh "for his discovery of the capillary motor regulating mechanism" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1920 Knut Pedersen Hamsun "for his monumental work, Growth of the Soil" The Nobel Peace Prize 1920 Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois 1919 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1919 Johannes Stark "for his discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1919 No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1919 Jules Bordet "for his discoveries relating to immunity" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1919 Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler "in special appreciation of his epic, Olympian Spring" The Nobel Peace Prize 1919 Thomas Woodrow Wilson 1918 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1918 Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck "in recognition of the services he rendered to the advancement of Physics by his discovery of energy quanta" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1918 Fritz Haber "for the synthesis of ammonia from its elements" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1918 No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1918 No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section. The Nobel Peace Prize 1918 No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section. 1917 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1917 Charles Glover Barkla "for his discovery of the characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1917 No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1917 No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1917 Karl Adolph Gjellerup "for his varied and rich poetry, which is inspired by lofty ideals" Henrik Pontoppidan "for his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark" The Nobel Peace Prize 1917 Comité international de la Croix Rouge (International Committee of the Red Cross) 1916 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1916 No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1916 No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1916 No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1916 Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam "in recognition of his significance as the leading representative of a new era in our literature" The Nobel Peace Prize 1916 No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.