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    Amid Sex-Abuse Scandal, Swedish Academy Won't Award Nobel In Literature This Year

    It would mark the first time since World War II that the body failed to award the prestigious prize. Earlier this month, the Academy's permanent secretary quit over her handling of the allegations.
    by Scott Neuman May 04, 2018 1 minute
    Anders Olsson, the acting permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, announces that the Swedish Academy has decided to postpone the award of the 2018 Nobel literature prize.

    The Swedish Academy, responsible for handing out the annual Nobel Prize in literature, says it will not present the award this year as it struggles to contain the damage from a major sex-abuse scandal.

    Anders Olsson, the

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