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The Swedish Academy will on Thursday name 2020's Nobel Literature Prize winner, following several years of internal scandals that have marred the reputation of the prestigious institution.
The Swedish Academy will on Thursday crown two Nobel literature laureates after postponing the 2018 prize for a year to deal with the fallout of a sexual harassment scandal that rocked the venerable institution. Here are five things to know about the Nobel Literature Prize.
The number of Swedes listening to audiobooks has nearly doubled in just two years and a big part of the explosive growth is driven by an insatiable desire for erotic tales and romance novels.
Guadeloupean author Maryse Conde won an alternative award formed in protest to the Nobel Literature Prize on Friday, postponed this year over a rape scandal that came to light as part of the #MeToo movement.
Readers around the world have nominated four writers for a new award created as a reaction to a series of scandals which prompted the Swedish Academy to postpone this year's Nobel Literature Prize.
The Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Literature Prize, has been in turmoil ever since an influential cultural figure – the husband of one of its 18 members – was accused of sex crimes during last year's #MeToo campaign.
The head of Swedish Academy's Nobel Committee has found a possible silver lining for the postponement of the prize — the prospect of two literature laureates rather than one taking to the stage.
British author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel 'The Remains of the Day', won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the Swedish Academy said.
Swedish-born Cecilia Ekbäck puts the forgotten role of women first in her recently released historical crime novel, “In the Month of the Midnight Sun”, a stark, eery follow-up to her striking debut, “Wolf Winter”.
"Whoever it is that listens to my songs owes me nothing," Bob Dylan said in a 1966 interview, half a century before winning the Nobel Literature Prize last year.
Bob Dylan is coming to Sweden this weekend for a series of concerts, but has not been in touch with the Swedish Academy to say whether or not he will use the opportunity to collect his Nobel Prize.
Music icon Bob Dylan is expected to come to Stockholm next spring, as the winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Literature will skip the award ceremony in December, a Swedish Academy member said on Friday.
A Swedish journalist has opened fire on Bob Dylan in an explosive opinion piece after the musician said he would not come to Stockholm this December to collect his Nobel Prize in Literature.
The first real sign of Bob Dylan acknowledging his 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature win has been delivered only hours after the Swedish Academy gave up trying to contact him.
Twenty-four hours after awarding Bob Dylan the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy said they had still not managed to speak to the reclusive US singer.
Almost the whole world was talking about Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize win when it was announced in Stockholm. Everyone, but the legendary songwriter and artist himself.
