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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPete Seeger deserves a Noble Prize
He is the man and deserves all the best.
Check out his work at www.clearwater.org
LuvNewcastle
(16,820 posts)caraher
(6,276 posts)The rules prohibit posthumous awards
LuvNewcastle
(16,820 posts)I've always thought posthumous awards were kind of sad, anyway, since the recipient will never know he/she won. Give the award to someone who can enjoy the recognition. My granddad used to say, "Don't send flowers to my funeral. Give me my flowers while I'm living."
planetc
(7,716 posts)rise from the grave and sing us a song. Of triumph.
66 dmhlt
(1,941 posts)So that no posthumous awards were allowed unless a laureate dies AFTER the winner's announcement but BEFORE the award ceremony.
There have been four posthumous awards:
Erik Axel Karlfeldt (Literature); Dag Hammarskjöld (Peace); William Vickrey (Economics) and Ralph Steinman (Medicine)
Vickrey and Steinman were both still awarded the Prize because they died after the announcement. Steinman was actually probably dead BEFORE the announcement, but the Committee was not aware of that, and so they proceeded to give him the award.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/44755546/ns/health-health_care/t/dead-nobel-medicine-winner-keep-prize/#.UuezQLDnZEY
caraher
(6,276 posts)so he can't win.
Yes, there have been some flukes of timing, but the intention has always been for the award to go to a living honoree.