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Europe News: As the Swedish Academy prepares to award the Nobel Literature Prize, experts speculate whether a political statement will be made. Possible laureates

Will the Swedish Academy make a political statement when it awards the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday? If so, it could crown a writer standing up for

Europe News: The Swedish Academy could make a political statement with its choice for the Nobel Literature Prize. Possible laureates include Russian author Lyudmil

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Will the Swedish Academy make a political statement when it awards the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday?

The Academy has long been criticised for the overrepresentation of Western white male authors among its picks.

That play was Peter Handke’s Offending the Audience in which four actors analyze the nature of theater and then both insult their audience and praise its “performance.” 

This week's Nobel Prize announcements will celebrate a string of groundbreaking achievements, but with conflicts raging around the globe, experts solicited about possible Peace Prize winners are scratching their heads.

Next weeks Nobel Prize announcements will celebrate a string of groundbreaking achievements, but with conflicts raging around the globe, experts solicited about possible Peace Prize winners are scratching their heads.

Until now, women here have struggled to be heard on harassment and abuse. But two controversies are changing that, says Guardian columnist Fatma Aydemir