Swedish intellectuals form new literature prize in Nobel protest

Swedish intellectuals form new literature prize in Nobel protest

This has been created after the Swedish Academy that selects Nobel laureates, postponed this year’s Nobel Literature Prize

The New Academy consists of authors, artists and journalists as members

in May 2018, the Swedish Academy announced that, there will be no Nobel Literature Prize this year.

This was the first time in almost 70 years the Nobel literature award has been postponed.

The Swedish Academy was founded in 1786. Its meetings and decisions on prizes are kept secret.

the New Academy has planned to make its prize-awarding process transparent.

 The new literature award carries a prize of 1 million kronor

The prize money has been raised from crowdfunding and donations. It will be presented at a ceremony on 10th December 2018, on the same day as the Nobel banquet.

Librarians across Sweden have been asked to nominate up to 2 authors. Deadline for nominations is 8th July 2018.

 Authors with the most nominations will receive votes online from the public in Sweden and abroad.