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The 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature is postponed

The Swedish Academy announced on 4 May 2018 that the 2018 Literature Prize would be postponed and decided alongside the 2019 laureate.

Tier
A
Confidence
A
Bias risk
Medium
Kind
culture
Date
2018-05-04

The Swedish Academy announced on 4 May 2018 that the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature would be decided and announced alongside the 2019 laureate.

The Academy cited diminished active membership and reduced public confidence. The fact is strongly sourced by the institution itself; the wider crisis chronology still needs independent sources.

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