Nobel Prize for Literature will not be awarded

Nobel Prize for Literature will not be awarded this year because of a sexual harassment scandal, after which a number of members of the Board of the Swedish Academy awarding it were granted a resignation, the Nobel Foundation announced on Friday.

The Foundation announced in its release that it intends to award the 2018 award next year, along with the award for the year.It is very rare that the Nobel Prize is not awarded or postponed. Last time with literature literature, this happened in 1943, during the Second World War.

The Swedish academy was hit by a scandal over a case of sexual harassment by one of the women's wives, as well as in cases where the names of some winners were leaked to the public in advance.The head of the academy, as well as the wife of the Accused, resigned due to a sexual scandal. Several other members of the academy withdrew.

The Swedish academy admitted last month that the names of some of the earlier winners of the prize had been leaked to the public and promised that it would therefore change the old rules.She also said she did not know about the unacceptable sexual behavior of a man married to one of her members.

• 4 May, 2018
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