Nobel prize judges quit over handling of sexual misconduct allegations

With seats on the jury intended to be for life, no one has ever technically left the secretive Swedish Academy - but Peter Englund, Klas -stergren and Kjell Espmark have all resigned Three members of the secretive committee that selects the winner of the Nobel prize for literature have resigned from the jury in protest at how it has handled the sexual harassment allegations made against a man with close links to the board. Peter Englund, the former permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, and...