Understanding the Nobel Peace Prize 2018

The question asks about the recipient of the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize in the year 2018. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded annually to those who have "done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses".

Nobel Peace Prize 2018 Laureates

In 2018, the Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded to two individuals:

• Denis Mukwege (from the Democratic Republic of Congo)
• Nadia Murad (from Iraq)

They were awarded the prize for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. Nadia Murad is a Yazidi human rights activist who is a survivor of the ISIS genocide and sexual slavery in Iraq.

Analyzing the Options

Let's look at the other options provided to understand why they are not the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018:

• Kazuo Ishiguro: He is a British novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017, not the Peace Prize in 2018.
• James P. Allison: He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2018 for his work in cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation. This is a different category from the Peace Prize.
• Donna Strickland: She was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018 for her work on generating high-intensity, ultrashort optical pulses. This is also a different category from the Peace Prize.

Based on the actual laureates for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018, Nadia Murad is one of the correct recipients.

Revision Table: Nobel Prizes 2018 (Selected)

Additional Information on Nobel Prizes

The Nobel Prizes are a set of annual international awards bestowed in several categories by Scandinavian committees in recognition of academic, cultural, or scientific advances. Established by the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the prizes were first awarded in 1901. The categories originally included Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. A sixth prize, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, was established in 1968.

• The prizes are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards available in their respective fields.
• The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
• The other prizes are awarded by Swedish institutions (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for Physics and Chemistry, the Karolinska Institute for Physiology or Medicine, and the Swedish Academy for Literature).