STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Judges who award the Nobel prize for literature have long been suspected of courting the controversial or obscure just for the sake of it, but the head of the selection panel said merit is the sole consideration.
The Swedish Academy announces the winner of the world's top literary prize, founded by dynamite millionaire Alfred Nobel, along with four other awards, on a Thursday in October.
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