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Sara Danius, Swedish Academy head quits Nobel panel

Sara Danius, Swedish Academy head quits Nobel panel

| @indiablooms | 13 Apr 2018, 02:28 pm

Stockholm, Apr 13 (IBNS): Sara Danius, the head of Swedish Academy, the body responsible for awarding the prestigious Noble Prize in Literature, has stepped down from her post, over a failed handling of a sexual misconduct case, reports said.

"It has already affected the Nobel Prize quite severely and that is quite a big problem,"  she told reporters on Thursday.

"It was the wish of the Academy that I should leave my role as Permanent Secretary.

"I have made this decision with immediate effect," she added.

At least 18 woman have made allegations of sexual abuse against  Jean-Claude Arnault, husband of Academy member Katarina Frostenson.

Arnault has pleaded not guilty.

The women came forward with the allegations in November last year, after #MeToo campaign swept Hollywood.

Last week, three Academy members, Klas Ostergren, Kjell Espmark and Peter Englund, stepped down from the panel after it decided against removing Frostenson from the panel.

However, the body has severed all ties with Arnault, who runs a cultural centre in Stockholm.


Image:  Mastad/Wikipedia

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