Nobel resignation drama matures into boycott stage
The Nobel prize in literature has been mired in resignations for years. It all started when a scandal erupted in 2017 involving charges of sexual misconduct and corruption. So many… Read more »
Nobel Prize to return in 2019 (and make up for lost time)
Last autumn, The Swedish Academy—the prize-guys behind literature’s highest honor, the Nobel Prize—abstained from declaring a 2018 winner. The decision made sense, as the selection committee was being pulled apart from all sides. As… Read more »
A Very IgNobel #MeToo Crisis
It’s not often that a king’s sadness is covered by the Associated Press, and a headline such as “Swedish king saddened by trouble in Nobel literature body” portends strange times… Read more »