the New government in Sweden and the settlement of the Swedish Academy on the same day. Undrens time is not past. In politics, got it maktbärande party to sell part of her soul. The Swedish Academy did away with 12.875 per month plus continued hyressubvention for the honourable member Katarina Frostenson apartment, when she now voluntarily leaving his place in the venerable assembly.
For the Swedish Academy, it is a ridiculously low amount. The department has many problems, but money is not one of them. Most likely anxious to get rid of Frostensonfrågan for the next week, then the serious fraud office is expected to provide new information on the investigation surrounding the cultural association Forum, which is owned by Miller and her husband, Jean-Claude Arnault together.
the crisis over this? Possibly, one can say that the settlement clearing away the darkest cloud over the stock exchange and that the chances for the Academy to retake the eagerly-desired right to appoint nobel Laureate in literature.
But the settlement does not attack the real problem. Throughout the conflict surrounding the leaks and the alleged crimes against jävs and confidentiality is really a side issue. The academy’s actual crisis has fundamentally been about the institution’s inability and arrogance in the face of the allegations of sexual abuse and harassment, which was taken up by 18 women in the Matilda Gustavsson’s review in the DN the fall of 2017 – and that then led to a conviction for rape against Jean-Claude Arnault. In the light of this the commission has about the leaks and conflicts of interest been a sidofråga – a crisis by proxy that dealt with anything other than the actual cause.
Krisinsikten within the department are on its keep continued to be non-existent.
the remains showed up before christmas, then decided to share out the prize money to one of the honourable Horace Engdahls best friends, as well as to a unnoticed writer who testified in defense of Jean-Claude Arnault in the Svea court of appeal. Also Engdahls derogatory statements about the woman who was raped by Arnault, and attempts to reward a writer who criticized the Academy shows that krisinsikten within the department on their hold is continued to be non-existent.
the Swedish cultural scene need a free, self-managed institution of the Swedish Academy. But the Swedish Academy also need to earn the trust from the Swedish cultural life – and there is everything to do.
now leave the Academy reinforces the image that toned up in the last year’s crisis: it is the prominent women who have left the institution, they all, the grayer the men who come back or take their place.
the Left around the table today, sit twelve men and two women.
No money in the world can buy the Academy is free from the image.
