Nobel literature jury threatens to give leaked nominees the boot

2015/02/19 22:26:32 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

Leaking names of writers shortlisted for the Nobel literature prize may lead to their disqualification from the prestigious award, the head of the prize jury warned Thursday. & quot;There are nominators who like trumpeting in public which person they nominated, & quot; Peter Englund, who is also the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, wrote on his blog. & quot;Sometimes one suspects the intention is to be able to forever grant particular authors the & #039;Nobel prize nominated... & #039; epithet, & quot; he wrote. As with the Nobel Peace Prize, a wide range of people have the right to propose names for the literature prize, including former laureates, members of the Swedish Academy, heads of national literary societies and literature academics from around the world.
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