The Alternative Nobel Prize in Literature Shortlist Is Here
The New Academy has announced the alternative Nobel Prize in Literature shortlist for 2018. The shortlist is the result of a global online voting campaign where people from all over the world could vote for forty-seven international authors nominated by Swedish librarians.
Based on the voting results, the forty-seven nominated authors have now been reduced to four finalists. These finalists are Haruki Murakami (Japan), Kim Thúy (Canada), Maryse Condé (France/Guadeloupe), and Neil Gaiman (United Kingdom). The winner will be chosen by a jury of four and will be announced on October 12. The award will be handed out on December 9. The following day The New Academy intends to dissolve.
The New Academy is a non-profit organization that formed in the wake of the scandal that has rocked the Swedish Academy and which resulted in the postponement of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature. The New Academy is not affiliated with either the Nobel Foundation or the Swedish Academy.
For more information about the alternative Nobel Prize in Literature, the New Academy, and how to financially contribute to the prize and the award ceremony, go to the website of The New Academy.
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