Now, I have a question about the this Nobel committee, and since at the 2019 Nobel thread everybody seems to be quarreling I'm gonna make it here:
In a video posted a few days prior to the announcement, the president of the Nobel Committee, Anders Olsson stated that they selected a shortlist of eight, accepted by the Academy who read their ouvre extensively during the summer. First meeting after would be to vote and decide two winners from that list. In the same video, Olsson said this new Committee wanted to expand their scope to more women and avoid being so euro-centric.
After the annoucement, same Olsson contradicted himself saying the Nobel Committee presented the two now laureates and the Academy accepted the proposal. Even a question came later about how do they feel with the new role of the Academy just stamping a decision previously made.
Now this questions comes to mind as the same process will repeate next year as the same Nobel Committee is set to work for the 2020 Nobel Prize.
If the second statement is the real one, then it makes no sense telling they wanted more women and more non-european candidates, otherwise they would have proposed two with the same characteristics.
Anyway, here are the names for the Committee who will work their third and final year in 2020
The Nobel Committee for Literature at the Swedish Academy is responsible for the selection of candidates for the literature prize from the names submitted for consideration by qualified nominators, who […]
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