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Post-Scandal, Swedish Academy To Award 2 Nobel Literature Prizes
The Swedish Academy will crown two Nobel literature laureates on Thursday, after postponing last year's prize over a sexual harassment scandal.
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Nobel Foundation Says Two Literature Prizes To Be Awarded This Year
The Swedish academy will be allowed to award the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prize for literature this year, the Nobel Foundation said on Tuesday, after a sex scandal forced a postponement of last year's prize.
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Man At The Centre Of Nobel Scandal Found Guilty Of Rape, Jailed
Once an influential figure in Stockholm's cultural scene, 72-year-old Jean-Claude Arnault was convicted by a Stockholm appeals court of raping a young woman in October 2011 and again in December the same year.
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Nobel Literature Body Expands Jury After Sexual Assault Scandal
The Swedish Academy, which has awarded the Nobel Literature Prize since 1901, said Monday it would expand its prize jury to include outsiders for the first time following a scandal that forced it to postpone this year's award.
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Nobel Literature Body Elects Iranian Poet, Judge After Turmoil
The Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Literature Prize, on Friday announced an Iranian-born poet and a judge as new members as it seeks to recover from a #MeToo scandal that forced it to postpone this year's Nobel.
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Swedish Academy May Lose Prestigious Role, Nobel Foundation Head Says
The Nobel Foundation could drop the Swedish Academy from awarding its prestigious annual literature prize if the Academy does not make further changes in the wake of a recent sex scandal, the head of the foundation told Reuters on Friday.
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Rape Trial Begins For Frenchman Who Sparked Nobel Scandal
The man at the centre of a sexual assault scandal that prompted the Swedish Academy to postpone this year's Nobel Literature Prize denied two counts of rape at the start of his trial on Wednesday.
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In Protest Against Nobel Prize Scandal, Intellectuals Seek Alternative
More than 100 Swedish intellectuals have joined forces to form a new prize-giving body in protest after the Swedish Academy, which selects Nobel laureates, was plunged into crisis over its long-standing ties to a man accused of assaulting several women.
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Photographer Involved In Nobel Literature Prize Scandal Charged With Rape
On Tuesday, Arnault was charged with two counts of rape, both of which allegedly occurred in 2011. If found guilty, Arnault faces up to six years in prison. The trial is set to take place behind closed doors in the fall.
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No Nobel Literature Prize This Year Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations
No Nobel Prize for Literature will be given this year, because of a scandal over sexual misconduct allegations that has seen a string of board members resign from the board of the Swedish Academy that makes the award, the Academy said on Friday.
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Post-Scandal, Swedish Academy To Award 2 Nobel Literature Prizes
The Swedish Academy will crown two Nobel literature laureates on Thursday, after postponing last year's prize over a sexual harassment scandal.
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Nobel Foundation Says Two Literature Prizes To Be Awarded This Year
The Swedish academy will be allowed to award the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prize for literature this year, the Nobel Foundation said on Tuesday, after a sex scandal forced a postponement of last year's prize.
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Man At The Centre Of Nobel Scandal Found Guilty Of Rape, Jailed
Once an influential figure in Stockholm's cultural scene, 72-year-old Jean-Claude Arnault was convicted by a Stockholm appeals court of raping a young woman in October 2011 and again in December the same year.
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Nobel Literature Body Expands Jury After Sexual Assault Scandal
The Swedish Academy, which has awarded the Nobel Literature Prize since 1901, said Monday it would expand its prize jury to include outsiders for the first time following a scandal that forced it to postpone this year's award.
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Nobel Literature Body Elects Iranian Poet, Judge After Turmoil
The Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Literature Prize, on Friday announced an Iranian-born poet and a judge as new members as it seeks to recover from a #MeToo scandal that forced it to postpone this year's Nobel.
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Swedish Academy May Lose Prestigious Role, Nobel Foundation Head Says
The Nobel Foundation could drop the Swedish Academy from awarding its prestigious annual literature prize if the Academy does not make further changes in the wake of a recent sex scandal, the head of the foundation told Reuters on Friday.
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Rape Trial Begins For Frenchman Who Sparked Nobel Scandal
The man at the centre of a sexual assault scandal that prompted the Swedish Academy to postpone this year's Nobel Literature Prize denied two counts of rape at the start of his trial on Wednesday.
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In Protest Against Nobel Prize Scandal, Intellectuals Seek Alternative
More than 100 Swedish intellectuals have joined forces to form a new prize-giving body in protest after the Swedish Academy, which selects Nobel laureates, was plunged into crisis over its long-standing ties to a man accused of assaulting several women.
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Photographer Involved In Nobel Literature Prize Scandal Charged With Rape
On Tuesday, Arnault was charged with two counts of rape, both of which allegedly occurred in 2011. If found guilty, Arnault faces up to six years in prison. The trial is set to take place behind closed doors in the fall.
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No Nobel Literature Prize This Year Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations
No Nobel Prize for Literature will be given this year, because of a scandal over sexual misconduct allegations that has seen a string of board members resign from the board of the Swedish Academy that makes the award, the Academy said on Friday.
