'I'm no party boy': One Nobel winner won't miss the pomp at low-key awards


  • World
  • Tuesday, 01 Dec 2020

FILE PHOTO: German astrophysicist Reinhard Genzel, director of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, reacts following the announcement he wins the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics in Garching near Munich, Germany, October 6, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert/File Photo

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Spare a thought for this year's Nobel Prize winners.

Gone are the ball gowns, white tie and tails, concerts, banquets and adulation that come with arguably the world's most coveted awards. With the coronavirus pandemic tearing through Europe, celebrations this year will be modest and remote.

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