The Swedish Academy is discussing whether to cancel the 2018 Nobel prize in literature, following a string of sexual assault allegations. “The Swedish Academy yesterday discussed the Nobel prize and came to no decision,” Per Wästberg, who heads the four-person panel that awards the prize, told the Guardian following the meeting. The academy’s permanent secretary, Sara Danius, left a week later, as did Frostenson. Wästberg said the Nobel committee he chairs would continue as normal regardless of the decision. “The Nobel committee of four persons … is fully functioning, working according to our usual schedule,” he said.

Source: The Guardian April 27, 2018 10:49 UTC