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No Literature Nobel prize as academy fights sex scandal

Jean-Claude Arnault was accused by 18 women of sexual assault. [Photo: Courtesy]

The Swedish Academy which awards the laureate for literature has cancelled the prize this year, after being entwined in allegations of sexual misconduct.

They have instead announced they will present two awards in 2019.

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