On October 8, 2020, Beijing time, the Swedish Academy announced that this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature would be awarded to the American poet Louise Glück. The award speech said: Because of her unquestionable The poetic voice has a simple beauty, making every individual existence universal. Throughout the more than 100 years of Nobel history, Louise Glick is the 16th woman to win the Literature Prize.
Since the Nobel Prize in Economics will not be announced until the 11th, so far, this year’s Nobel Prize has been awarded to 4 women, including 1 physics prize, 2 chemistry prizes and 1 literature prize. . Accounting for 4/9 of the total number of winners (the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), the institution is gender-neutral). In terms of number, it is second only to 2009 - when 5 women won the Nobel Prize, the proportion of women was 38% (***13 people won the prize).
4/9, 44%. 120 years after its creation, it looks like female Nobel laureates are finally closing in on their share of humanity. However, in terms of the total proportion of winners, women are still far lower than men. Among the more than 900 winners in total, the proportion of women is only 6%.