At the end of 20 17, Swedish Daily News first reported that 18 women accused Jean-Claude Arnault, the husband of Aart Swedish Academy, of sexual harassment and sexual assault. The misconduct occurred between 1996 and 20 17.

The "Deutsche Welle" news network said that Arnault had threatened many female victims and threatened to use contacts to take measures against them. The Swedish Academy had previously invited lawyers to investigate Arnault's relationship with the Academy and his life.

The results showed that Arnault was suspected of leaking the Nobel Prize in Literature winners' list seven times since 1996.

On may 4th, 20 18, Sputnik news agency & radio reported that the royal Swedish academy of science said that Nobel Prize in Literature would not be awarded in 20 18, but it would be reserved until 20 19.

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20 18 in may, the Swedish academy announced that it would not award Nobel Prize in Literature this year. The reason was that Jean-Claude Arnault, the husband of Katarina Frostenson, a member of the Swedish Academy of Arts, was accused of sexual assault.

Frostson is a writer and a member of the Swedish Academy of Arts. Last June, 1 1, inspired by the # Me Too movement, 18 women were right? Arnault made allegations of sexual assault and harassment, but he denied all the allegations.

Later, it was discovered that Frostenson's husband also revealed the selection trend and evaluation insider of the literary prize for the benefit of some private gambling tables, and a corruption scandal broke out.

According to public opinion, Froston himself was not involved, but the financial disputes between husband and wife tarnished the fairness of the Nobel Prize. The Nobel Foundation also issued a statement when the dean resigned. The Swedish Academy has seriously broken its promise, tarnishing the reputation of the Nobel Prize and demanding that measures be taken to rebuild trust.

After a vote, the Faculty of Literature of the Swedish Academy refused to remove Arnault's wife Katarina Frostensen from the list of academicians.

However, this scandal triggered a debate on the patriarchal nature of the college in Swedish media and a struggle in academic circles. This led to the resignation of the college and delayed the selection of this year's literary prize "in view of the current decline of the college and the decline of public confidence."

Previously, the college has announced the "Reservation Award" seven times, at 19 15,19,19, 1925, 1926 and1926 respectively. Five of them have been postponed and will be awarded at the same time next year.

This year, it was replaced by a new academy composed of more than 65,438+000 Swedish writers, actors, journalists and other cultural figures, and the Nobel Prize was awarded this autumn as scheduled.

They said in a statement: "We established this new college to remind people that literature and culture should promote democracy, transparency, empathy and respect in general, not privilege, prejudice, arrogance or gender discrimination."

In an era when people's value is increasingly questioned, literature has become a more important counter-attack means to stop the culture of silence and oppression. The new college thinks this is very important, and the most important literary prize in the world should still be awarded in 20 18.

The new college invites all Swedish librarians to nominate. Participants can come from anywhere in the world, but they must have written at least two books, one of which must have been published in the past 10.

They are looking for a writer who can tell the story of "the world on earth"-contrary to the Nobel Prize, the Nobel Prize aims to recognize those writers who wrote with alfred nobel's wishes as "the most outstanding works in the ideal direction".

Once nominated, the new college will launch a public vote and the four most popular writers will be submitted to the jury for review. The jury was led by editor Ann palsson, and included Professor Liesbet Larson from the University of Gothenburg and librarian gunilla Sundin.

The jury will announce the winners on 10, which is also the month when the Nobel Prize is announced.

The new organization declared: "We were protesting when this award was awarded. We hope to show people that serious cultural work does not have to happen in an environment full of coercive discourse, infringement and abuse of power. "

65438+February 1 1, the new college will be dissolved the day after the winners receive their prizes in the official celebration.

At present, the Swedish Academy Literature Prize is expected to announce two Nobel Prize in Literature winners in 20 19.