The latest news of sihai.com: if the feminist movement "metoo" broke out last year is a wave, the Swedish Academy of Arts is now half cold.
Since being involved in sexual harassment in November last year, the academicians of Swedish Academy of arts have gone by a third, and the agency may also suspend the selection of this year's Nobel Prize for literature, making it the first time since World War II. But the reaction from one side was far from keeping up with the rapid aggravation of the situation: this weekend, Swedish media exposed a new heavy victim in the sexual harassment case, Princess Victoria, crown prince of Sweden.
The situation escalates and the queen will be the victim of sexual assault in the future
Jean Claude Arnault, the French photographer husband of Katarina frostenson, a lifelong academician of the Swedish Academy of Arts, was accused of sexually assaulting and raping 18 women in November, according to the Swedish daily news. The first of these occurred in 1996.
Sweden's Princess Victoria was one of the victims of 18 sexual assault charges against Arnault, the Swedish Daily News reported Tuesday.
Three sources were quoted as saying that at a party in 2006, Arnault touched Princess Victoria's hip with his hand. One of the witnesses described the move as "a very obvious act of harassment.". It is said that many people present witnessed the incident that night, including King Gustav of Sweden.
Then it was reported that in another activity in December 2006, engedor, then the executive secretary of the Swedish Academy of Arts, was told by the Swedish Royal family, "try not to let Princess Victoria and Arnold live in the same room".
In response, Swedish Royal family spokesman Margareta thorgren said on the 28th: 'the news about Arnault is really frightening. The Swedish Royal family is a supporter of the & lsquo. But I don't comment much on it. '
But Arnault's lawyer rebutted the claim: 'my client refused to admit the charges. There is only one purpose of these groundless news, which is to slander Arnold. '
Nobody's left. Can't the Nobel Prize agency give out the prize?
But Arnold's damage to the Swedish Academy seems irreparable. In addition to 18 cases of sexual scandals, Arnault was also revealed to have disclosed the Nobel Prize list for literature seven times since 1996 for profit to gambling companies.
Although the Swedish Academy apparently broke off relations with Arnold and frost Tenson, it chose to give up the prosecution and decided not to dismiss the female academician by internal vote.
Such a decision to deal with dissatisfaction within the college. Earlier this month, KLAs ostergren, Kjell espmark and Peter Englund, three heavyweights and judges of the Nobel Prize for literature, angrily asked to leave because they were not satisfied with the college's handling of the scandal.
A week later, Sara danius, the executive secretary of the Swedish Academy of Arts (head of the Academy), resigned because of 'deteriorating institutional credibility', following severe criticism from the board of directors of the Nobel Foundation.
Under pressure, frost tengsong himself resigned. As of April 28, only 11 of the 18 members of the Swedish Academy of arts have left.
Meanwhile, voices of mistrust reverberate in Stockholm's headquarters. Sweden's Academy of Arts began to discuss' whether this year's Nobel Prize for literature should be cancelled 'on the 26th. According to sources familiar with the internal discussions, there is a strong preference for 'delaying the selection of this year's Nobel Prize' in Swedish Academy of Arts, because: 'if the prize is awarded this year, the Academy will lose face. '
The next day, per w. stberg, chairman of the Nobel Prize for literature jury, told reporters that there was no consensus in the first internal discussion and that the agency is expected to make a final decision on May 3. "It could be this year, or it could be delayed until next year," he added.
If 2018 is really cancelled, it will be the first year after World War II without the Nobel Prize for literature. Since its foundation in 1901, the Nobel Prize for literature has only been suspended in 1914, 1918, 1935, 1940, 1941, 1942 and 1943 for war or for lack of ideal candidates.