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Which of the following person(s) had declined the Nobel prize? |
Jean-Paul Sartre Le Duc Tho Both 1 and 2 Nobel Prize has not been declined by any body in the history of the prize. |
Both 1 and 2 |
The correct answer is Option (3) - Both 1 and 2 Jean-Paul Sartre, awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature, declined the prize because he had consistently declined all official honours. Le Duc Tho, awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. They were awarded the prize for negotiating the Vietnam peace accord. Le Duc Tho said that he was not in a position to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, citing the situation in Vietnam as his reason. |
