President Obama Awards Inventor of LASIK, Gholam Peyman, MD, With National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
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Most Important Literary Prizes in the World
The Nobel Prize in Literature is only awarded to the best authors from all around the world. The current laureate is American songwriter Bob Dylan and past laureates have included playwright Harold Pinter, novelist Gao Xingjian, poet Seamus Heaney and novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Read More »Knowing Iranian figures when still alive
Cumrun Vafa born in 1960 is an Iranian-American string theorist from Harvard University, which he first joined as a Harvard Junior Fellow. He is the recipient of the 2008 Dirac Medal and the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.
Read More »Iran photographer to share prize money with Syria refugees
Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian has said she will donate part of a Dutch award of a 100,000-euro ($112,000) to charity, including Syrian and Iraqi refugees. “It is hard for me to enjoy this prize as much as I would like to, seeing the region where I work and live in flames and tens of thousands seeking refuge in ...
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