Swedish lawyer Eric M. Runesson has been elected as a new member of the Swedish Academy, in Stockholm, Sweden, October 5, 2018. Janerik Henriksson/TT News Agency/via REUTERS
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Swedish Academy named two new members on Friday as part of efforts to rebuild the scandal-hit institution and ensure it can return to its function of selecting the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
For the first time in decades, this year's line-up of Nobel prizes does not feature a literature award after a rape scandal saw a string of members resign or withdraw from the Academy's work in protest, leaving it unable to decide on a winner.
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