Nobel Prize for Literature postponed amid Swedish Academy turmoilThe Nobel Literature Prize is in crisis in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal -- Photo: ALFREDNOBEL.ORGThe organisation that decides the Nobel Prize for Literature has said it will not announce an award this year, after it was engulfed in a scandal over sexual assault allegations. The Swedish Academy has been in crisis over its handling of allegations against the husband of a member. Technically, members are appointed for life to the Swedish Academy and cannot resign, although they can refuse to take part. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences oversees Physics, Chemistry and Economics. The Nobel Assembly awards Medicine and the Swedish Academy covers Literature.

Source: VietNamNet News May 04, 2018 07:41 UTC