Maria Machado suggested that she would give the Nobel Prize to Donald Trump. The Nobel Committee reacts
According to Saturday's reports from Reuters, upon learning that the Nobel Prize winner wanted to give him her award, Trump admitted he would be honoredif the leader of the Venezuelan opposition offered him her reward during their planned meeting next week in Washington.
Monday on Fox Machado said that the donation of the Nobel Peace Prize would be an expression of gratitude the people of Venezuela for the American president for removing Nicolas Maduro from the position of president of this country.
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Can the Nobel Peace Prize be transferred to another person?
Nobel Committee: The Nobel Peace Prize cannot be transferred to another person
After Machado's declaration, the Norwegian Nobel Committee spoke and reminded that it does not comment on the winner's statements made after the award ceremony. However, he ruled out that the distinction awarded in October and presented in December could go to the American president.
“Once announced, the Nobel Prize cannot be revoked, shared or transferred to another person. The decision is final and applies forever,” the Committee members explained in an official statement published on Friday.
Historian Oeystein Stenersen, who studies the history of Nobel awards, admitted in an interview with PAP that this is the first time a Nobel Peace Prize winner has the idea of giving his prize to someone else.
— However, it happened that the medal itself was given to another person. The Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun presented the Nobel Prize in Literature medal awarded by the Swedish Nobel Committee to Hitler's Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, the historian recalled.
