All Nobel Prizes (1935-1940): 1940 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1940 No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1940 No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1940 No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1940 No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section. The Nobel Peace Prize 1940 No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section. 1939 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1939 Ernest Orlando Lawrence "for the invention and development of the cyclotron and for results obtained with it, especially with regard to artificial radioactive elements" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1939 Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt "for his work on sex hormones" Leopold Ruzicka "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1939 Gerhard Domagk "for the discovery of the antibacterial effects of prontosil" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1939 Frans Eemil Sillanpää "for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature" The Nobel Peace Prize 1939 No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section. 1938 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1938 Enrico Fermi "for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1938 Richard Kuhn "for his work on carotenoids and vitamins" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1938 Corneille Jean François Heymans "for the discovery of the role played by the sinus and aortic mechanisms in the regulation of respiration" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1938 Pearl Buck "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces" The Nobel Peace Prize 1938 Office international Nansen pour les Réfugiés (Nansen International Office for Refugees) 1937 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1937 Clinton Joseph DavissonandGeorge Paget Thomson "for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1937 Walter Norman Haworth "for his investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C" Paul Karrer "for his investigations on carotenoids, flavins and vitamins A and B2" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1937 Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrápolt "for his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1937 Roger Martin du Gard "for the artistic power and truth with which he has depicted human conflict as well as some fundamental aspects of contemporary life in his novel-cycle Les Thibault " The Nobel Peace Prize 1937 Cecil of Chelwood, Viscount (Lord Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne Cecil) 1936 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1936 Victor Franz Hess "for his discovery of cosmic radiation" Carl David Anderson "for his discovery of the positron" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1936 Petrus (Peter) Josephus Wilhelmus Debye "for his contributions to our knowledge of molecular structure through his investigations on dipole moments and on the diffraction of X-rays and electrons in gases" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1936 Sir Henry Hallett DaleandOtto Loewi "for their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1936 Eugene Gladstone O'Neill "for the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of tragedy" The Nobel Peace Prize 1936 Carlos Saavedra Lamas 1935 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1935 James Chadwick "for the discovery of the neutron" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935 Frédéric JoliotandIrène Joliot-Curie "in recognition of their synthesis of new radioactive elements" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1935 Hans Spemann "for his discovery of the organizer effect in embryonic development" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1935 No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section. The Nobel Peace Prize 1935 Carl von Ossietzky