Nobel prize in literature to be awarded twice this year

The Swedish Academy will award both the 2018 and 2019 laureates, after a sexual misconduct scandal forced them to postpone the prize last year

Two Nobel prizes in literature will be awarded this year by the Swedish Academy, according to a report from a Swedish newspaper.

Last year’s award was withheld for the first time since 1949 after the august institution which decides on the winner, was hit with a sexual misconduct scandal. Following a meeting of the foundation on Tuesday, Dagens Nyheter reported that permanent secretary Anders Olsson had confirmed that two Nobel prizes for literature would be given out in 2019, to make up for the lack of a prize in 2018.

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