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HERZBERG, GERHARD, Canada, National Research Council of Canada, Ottava, b. 1904 ( in Hamburg, Germany), d. 1999: "for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic stucture and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals"
Nobel Prize for Literature
Literature NERUDA, PABLO, (pen-name of BASOALTO, NEFTAL RICARDO REYES), Chile, b. 1904, d. 1973: "for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams"
BRANDT, WILLY, Federal Republic of Germany, b. 1913: Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, initiator of West Germany's Ostpolitik, embodying a new attitude towards Eastern Europe and East Germany.
SUTHERLAND, EARL W. JR., U.S.A., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, b. 1915, d. 1974: "for his discoveries concerning the mechanisms of the action of hormones"
GABOR, DENNIS, Great Britain, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, b. 1900 (in Budapest, Hungary), d. 1979: "for his invention and development of the holographic method"
| Best Picture | Patton" |
| Best Director | Franklin J. Schaffner ... "Patton"" |
| Best Actor | George C. Scott ... "Patton"" (refused) |
| Best Actress | Glenda Jackson ... "Women in Love" |
| Record of the Year | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" ... Simon and Garfunkel |
| Song of the Year | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" ... Paul Simon |
| Album of the Year | "Bridge Over Troubled Water"... Simon and Garfunkel |
| Best Male Vocalist | Ray Stevens... "Everything is Beautiful" |
| Best Female Vocalist | Dionne Warwick... "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" |
| Single Program | "The Andersonville Trial" (PBS) |
| Drama Series | "The First Senator" (NBC) |
| Comedy Series | "All in the Family" (CBS) |
| New Series | "All in the Family" (CBS) |
| Best Play | "Borstal Boy"...Frank McMahon |
| Best Musical | "Applause" |
| Best Actor (In a play) |
Fritz Weaver ... "Child's Play" |
| Best Actress (In a play) |
Tammy Grimes ... "Private Lives" |
| Best Actor (In a musical) |
Cleavon Little ... "Purlie" |
| Best Actress (In a play) |
Lauren Bacall ... "Applause" |
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