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Mats Malm, professor of literature at the University of Gothenburg, became the third new member to be appointed this month within the 18-member body to fill all vacant seats, including two members who resigned because of the scandal.
Founded 232 years ago by the King of Sweden, the Swedish Academy protects the Swedish language and has chosen the Nobel Prize laureate for literature since 1901.
Other Swedish bodies nominate laureates in other fields, while a Norwegian commission chooses the winner of the peace prize.
This year's award was banned following charges of rape against French photographer Jean-Claude Arnault, who was running a cultural institution that had received money from the academy.
Arnault was sentenced to two years in prison for rape this year.
In addition to the two members who resigned as a result of the scandal, one of them, Katrina Frostenson, Arnaud 's wife, commented on their participation.
The president of the Nobel Foundation, who awards the prizes but does not choose the winners, said that the Swedish Academy could lose its role in awarding the Arts Prize if it did not regain its legitimacy after the scandal.
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Mats Malm, professor of literature at the University of Gothenburg, became the third new member to be appointed this month within the 18-member body to fill all vacant seats, including two members who resigned because of the scandal.
Founded 232 years ago by the King of Sweden, the Swedish Academy protects the Swedish language and has chosen the Nobel Prize laureate for literature since 1901.
Other Swedish bodies nominate laureates in other fields, while a Norwegian commission chooses the winner of the peace prize.
This year's award was banned following charges of rape against French photographer Jean-Claude Arnault, who was running a cultural institution that had received money from the academy.
Arnault was sentenced to two years in prison for rape this year.
In addition to the two members who resigned as a result of the scandal, one of them, Katrina Frostenson, Arnaud 's wife, commented on their participation.
The president of the Nobel Foundation, who awards the prizes but does not choose the winners, said that the Swedish Academy could lose its role in awarding the Arts Prize if it did not regain its legitimacy after the scandal.
