SWEDEN
The Guardian
Staff and agencies in Stockholm
The head of the Swedish Academy that selects the winner of the Nobel prize for literature has resigned amid a growing crisis over the body’s handling of sexual harassment allegations made against a man with close links to the institution.
Sara Danius announced her decision on Thursday after a three-hour emergency meeting of academy members in central Stockholm.
Danius said she had lost the confidence of the academy, but would not comment on whether a vote was held to remove her.
“It is the academy’s wish that I leave my post as permanent secretary,” said Danius, a 56-year-old Swedish literature historian, and the first woman to hold the position. “I would have liked to have continued, but there are other things to do in life.”
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