You might have heard about many famous personalities who got the noble prize but have you ever heard about those who declined it? If you didn’t, we’re going to tell you about them today. There’s an article on Insider Monkey which has a list of six noble prize winners who declined the prize. Let’s take a look at Insider Monkey’s list to find out about them.

While impressions of last Nobel award ceremony are still fresh, read our list of 6 Nobel Prize winners who declined the prize, and discover some interesting facts – why did Sartre reject the award? Did German Nobel laureates in chemistry cooperate with Nazi government? What did Pasternak write in the letter to Premier Khrushchev after declining the award?

To which extent did CIA participate in the popularization of Doctor Zhivago, the book that brought Pasternak Nobel Prize in Literature? Why did Gerhard Domagk give his daughter medicine for which discovery he got Nobel award despite the fact that it wasn’t previously tested on humans? To read more, please visit 6 Nobel Prize Winners Who Declined The Prize.

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