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Nigerian writers Chimamanda Adichie and Nnedi Okorafor were selected for a new alternative to the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature was canceled following a scandal of badual abuse that shook the Swedish Academy.
Jean-Claude Arnault, French cultural figure married to a former member of the Swedish Academy, She was accused of badual exploitation and harbadment by 18 women
Shortly after the scandal, Sara Danius, secretary of the academy, announced that she was also badually harbaded by Arnault
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As a result, Alexandra Pascalidou, a Swedish journalist, took it upon herself to create an alternative
"I just thought," Why do authors have to pay the price for this mess? ", She told the New York Times
Pascalidou is badociated with more than 100 Swedish cultural personalities – actors, novelists and rapper – to create a new literary prize
. vote of a list of the 46 nominees selected by the Swedish librarians.
The list of candidates includes familiar names like JK Rowling, singer Patti Smith and British fantasy writer Neil Gaiman.
"What we would like to see is something new – a contemporary Swedish academy, open to the world, inclusive, transparent," Pascalidou said.
The winner of the New Academy Award will receive one million crowns (about $ 112,000).
Voting, which ends August 14, three finalists will be selected, while librarians will choose a fourth.
A jury consisting of a professor of literature, two librarians and two literary editors will then choose the winner.
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