# Nobel Prize Winners: Birth Country's 3rd Letter < Death Country's 3rd Letter

This is an unusual query requiring comparison of the 3rd letter of birth country vs. death country names. Here are some notable examples:

## Examples

| Laureate | Prize | Birth Country (3rd letter) | Death Country (3rd letter) |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Albert Einstein** | Physics 1921 | Germany (**r**) | USA / United States (**A** / **i**) — *fails if "USA"* |
| **Thomas Mann** | Literature 1929 | Germany (**r**) | Switzerland (**i**) — ❌ r > i |
| **Hermann Hesse** | Literature 1946 | Germany (**r**) | Switzerland (**i**) — ❌ |
| **Czesław Miłosz** | Literature 1980 | Poland (**l**) | Poland — same |
| **Henry Kissinger** | Peace 1973 | Germany (**r**) | USA (**A**) — ❌ |
| **Andrew Carnegie**-style cases... | | | |

Let me give cases that **actually satisfy** birth-3rd-letter < death-3rd-letter:

| Laureate | Prize | Birth → Death | 3rd letters |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Ivan Bunin** | Literature 1933 | Russia → France | **s** < — wait, France's 3rd letter is **a**. ❌ |
| **Samuel Beckett** | Literature 1969 | Ireland → France | **e** < — France **a**. ❌ |
| **Marie Curie** | Physics 1903 | Poland → France | **l** vs **a**. ❌ |
| **Wisława Szymborska** | Literature 1996 | Poland → Poland | same |
| **Selma Lagerlöf** | Literature 1909 | Sweden → Sweden | same |
| **Rabindranath Tagore** | Literature 1913 | India → India | same |
| **Gabriel García Márquez** | Literature 1982 | Colombia → Mexico | **l** < **x** ✅ |
| **Pablo Neruda** | Literature 1971 | Chile → Chile | same |
| **Octavio Paz** | Literature 1990 | Mexico → Mexico | same |
| **Bertrand Russell** | Literature 1950 | UK / Wales → UK | same |
| **Pearl S. Buck** | Literature 1938 | USA → USA | same |

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## Honest answer

I should be straightforward: **I can't reliably produce a complete, verified list** for this without risk of fabrication. Comparing 3rd letters of country names across hundreds of Nobel laureates' birth/death records requires precise data I'd be guessing at.

A **verified example** that does satisfy the condition:
- **Gabriel García Márquez** — born **Co**lombia (3rd letter: *l*), died in **Me**xico (3rd letter: *x*). ✅ l < x.
- **Albert Camus** — born **Al**geria (3rd letter: *g*), died in **Fr**ance (3rd letter: *a*). ❌
- **Yasser Arafat** — born **Eg**ypt (*y*), died in **Fr**ance (*a*). ❌

If you'd like, I can:
1. Work through a specific subset (e.g., Literature laureates) more carefully, or
2. You provide a dataset and I'll filter it precisely.

Which would you prefer?
