"And for whom do we do the things that lead to Nobel Prizes if not for our mothers? 'Mummy, Mummy, I won a prize!' 'That's wonderful, my dear. Now eat your carrots before they get cold.' ... My heartfelt gratitude to my parents, how sorry I am that you cannot be here." Literature laureate J. M. Coetzee remembers his parents in his Nobel Prize banquet speech. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3nDtJ3n | Nobel Prize