NEW DELHI: The
Nobel Prize for literature has been awarded to American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” The prize was announced Thursday in Stockholm by Mats Malm, the permanent secretary of the
Swedish Academy
.
Thursday's award comes after several years of scandals and wildcard picks by the Swedish Academy.
In 2018 the award was postponed after sex abuse allegations rocked the Swedish Academy, the secretive body that chooses the winners, and sparked a mass exodus of members.
After the academy revamped itself in a bid to regain the trust of the Nobel Foundation, two laureates were named last year, with the 2018 prize going to Poland's Olga Tokarczuk and the 2019 award to Austria's Peter Handke.
Handke's prize caused a storm of protest: a strong supporter of the Serbs during the 1990s Balkan wars, he has been called an apologist for Serbian war crimes.
The award consists of 10 million kronor (more than USD 1.1 million) prize.
Normally, the winner receives the Nobel from King Carl XVI Gustaf at a formal ceremony in Stockholm on December 10, but because of the pandemic that has been replaced by a televised ceremony showing the laureates receiving their awards in their home countries.
(With inputs from agencies)
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