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16:09, 29-Apr-2018
7th member of Nobel Literature award body to step down
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The Swedish Academy says a seventh board member has decided to step down amid a crisis at the prestigious institution that awards the Nobel Prize in literature.
The academy said in a brief statement on Saturday that Sara Stridsberg informed the body on Friday that she would like to leave her position. No details as to why were given.
The Swedish Academy's Permanent Secretary Sara Danius talks to journalists as she leaves a meeting at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, on April 12, 2018. /VCG Photo
The Swedish Academy's Permanent Secretary Sara Danius talks to journalists as she leaves a meeting at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, on April 12, 2018. /VCG Photo
The secretive 18-member body has been roiled by an internal feud triggered by a sex-abuse scandal that was linked to the husband of one of its female members. That member and five others, including the body’s first-ever female leader, have already stepped down.
The Swedish Academy’s permanent secretary Anders Olsson told Swedish media earlier this week that it may have to postpone handing out this year’s Nobel literature prize due to the ongoing crisis.
Source(s): AP