STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize winners will be announced next week.

What You Need To Know

The Nobel Prize winners will be announced next week –– and then handed out on Dec. 16, on the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death

The prizes were created by Nobel, a 19th-century businessman and chemist from Sweden who invented dynamite

The awards are considered to be among the world's most prestigious honors for achievements in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, economics and peace

The first five Nobel Prizes were presented in 1901. A sixth prize was created for economics by Sweden's central bank in 1968

The awards are considered among the world's most prestigious honors for achievements in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, economics and peace.

The winners will join the pantheon o

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