Swedish Academy News
Two new members of the Swedish Academy were announced today: Jesper Svenbro and Kristina Lugn. Two good choices, I think. The comments in the press are so far quite enthousiastic.

Jesper Svenbro is an excellent poet and a classics scholar in Paris. His book Phrasikleia, on reading in ancient Greece, is translated into English, I believe.

Kristina Lugn is a playwright and a poet. Irony and drastic humour are typical qualities of her work. She is widely read and liked in Sweden. Thus a popular choice, but not populist.

On Thursday (12th October) the winner of this year's literary Nobel Prize will be announced. I haven't heard any interesting gossip and the speculations are about the same as last year (when all of them was wrong, of course).
Malte P @ 8:01 PM |   |