This builds on the 2018 chemistry prize which went to Frances Arnold for her application of genetic engineering to create new proteins to benefit humanity. And in physics, Andrea Ghez received the award for the discovery of a black hole in the centre of the Milky Way. Canada’s own Donna Strickland received the Nobel in 2018.
With the Nobel in literature going to Canada’s Alice Munro in 2013 and this year’s award to American Louise Gluck, Canadians eagerly await even further recognition for Margaret Atwood, a double winner of the Booker prize. Nobel Prize-winning Canadian author Alice Munro reads from her book ‘The View From Castle Rock’ at a ceremony held by the Royal Canadian Mint to celebrate her win at the Great Victoria Public Library in Victoria, B.C., on March 24, 2014.