Nobel Prize in literature eludes Ngugi wa Thiong’o, again
Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austria’s Peter Handke have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Two winners were named — one for 2019 and one for 2018 — because the prize was not awarded last year. The Swedish Academy, which oversees the prestigious award, suspended it in 2018 after a sexual assault scandal. Tokarczuk, […]
Ngugi wa Thiong’o in running for Nobel Prize
Last year’s award was postponed after a sexual and financial abuse scandal which led to a number of resignations at the Swedish Academy.