Decision on Nobel Literature Prize postponement today evening
Nobel Prize
The remaining members of the Swedish Academy met for their regular meeting on Thursday, to decide whether or not to postpone awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature this year following a controversy over alleged sexual misconduct
The remaining members of the Swedish Academy met for their regular meeting on Thursday (May 3), to decide whether or not to postpone awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature this year following a controversy over alleged sexual misconduct.
The allegations have seen a string of board members leave the institution.
The decision will be announced on Friday (May 4) around 0900 (CET).
Arriving at the meeting, poet and Academy member Kristina Lugn said she was of the "firm opinion" that the prize should be awarded as usual.
After the meeting, which lasted for about an hour and a half, linguist and Academy member Goran Malmqvist left saying there would be "good news tomorrow", without elaborating.
It is very rare for the award of Nobel prizes to be cancelled or postponed. The last time the literature prize was not awarded was in 1943, at the height of World War Two.
The Swedish Academy has been dealing with the fallout of allegations of sexual misconduct by the husband of one of its members and leaks of names of some prize-winners ahead of the formal announcements.