Junot Díaz welcomed back by Pulitzer prize after review into sexual misconduct claims

After ‘exhaustive’ independent review, the prize has restored the author’s position as chairman of the board

A “exhaustive” independent review of the allegations of sexual misconduct made against the novelist Junot Díaz has found no evidence requiring his removal from the board of the Pulitzer prize.

The Dominican American novelist was accused in May of forcibly kissing the writer Zinzi Clemmons, as well as behaving inappropriately towards two other female writers. He subsequently voluntarily stepped down as chairman of the Pulitzer board, as the organisation launched a review of the allegations.

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