After Changes, the Nobel Prize for Literature Returns

This fall the Nobel Prize for Literature will be awarded for both 2018 and 2019, after changes were made to how laureates are chosen in the wake of scandals that forced the literary prize to be cancelled in 2018. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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