All Nobel Prizes (1980-1983): 1983 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1983 Subramanyan Chandrasekhar "for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars" William Alfred Fowler "for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1983 Henry Taube "for his work on the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1983 Barbara McClintock "for her discovery of mobile genetic elements" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1983 William Golding "for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today" The Nobel Peace Prize 1983 Lech Walesa The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1983 Gerard Debreu "for having incorporated new analytical methods into economic theory and for his rigorous reformulation of the theory of general equilibrium" 1982 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1982 Kenneth G. Wilson "for his theory for critical phenomena in connection with phase transitions" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1982 Aaron Klug "for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1982 Sune K. Bergström,Bengt I. SamuelssonandJohn R. Vane "for their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1982 Gabriel García Márquez "for his novels and short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination, reflecting a continent's life and conflicts" The Nobel Peace Prize 1982 Alva Myrdal Alfonso García Robles The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1982 George J. Stigler "for his seminal studies of industrial structures, functioning of markets and causes and effects of public regulation" 1981 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1981 Nicolaas BloembergenandArthur Leonard Schawlow "for their contribution to the development of laser spectroscopy" Kai M. Siegbahn "for his contribution to the development of high-resolution electron spectroscopy" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981 Kenichi FukuiandRoald Hoffmann "for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1981 Roger W. Sperry "for his discoveries concerning the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres" David H. HubelandTorsten N. Wiesel "for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1981 Elias Canetti "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power" The Nobel Peace Prize 1981 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1981 James Tobin "for his analysis of financial markets and their relations to expenditure decisions, employment, production and prices" 1980 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1980 James Watson CroninandVal Logsdon Fitch "for the discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980 Paul Berg "for his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with particular regard to recombinant-DNA" Walter GilbertandFrederick Sanger "for their contributions concerning the determination of base sequences in nucleic acids" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1980 Baruj Benacerraf,Jean DaussetandGeorge D. Snell "for their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1980 Czeslaw Milosz "who with uncompromising clear-sightedness voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts" The Nobel Peace Prize 1980 Adolfo Pérez Esquivel The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1980 Lawrence R. Klein "for the creation of econometric models and the application to the analysis of economic fluctuations and economic policies"