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Today — 9 October 2026NYT - World

Nobel Prize Winners Don’t Get a Heads-Up

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By: Mack Liederman and Jonathan Wolfe
9 October 2026 at 11:34
Navi Pillay wasn’t the first Nobel laureate that the prize committees have struggled to reach. Many weren’t even awake when the news broke.

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The winners of the Nobel Prizes remain a secret, even to the winners themselves until shortly before the public announcement.
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