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[Headlines] (HL-예술/취미/종교) Nobel Prize in Literature Will Not Be Awarded This Year
최고관리자  |  18-05-11 00:01

The Nobel Prize in literature will not be awarded this year, after accusations of wrongdoing against the Swedish Academy. The organization chooses the winner. The Swedish Academy said Friday that the 2018 prize will be given in 2019. Members made the decision at a weekly meeting in Stockholm a day earlier. Anders Olsson, the Academy’s permanent secretary, said the group needed time to rebuild public trust before choosing the next laureate. He said the academy made the decision, in his words, “out of respect for previous and future literature laureates, the Nobel Foundation and the general public.” Nobel Prizes are awarded in science, medicine, literature and peacemaking. Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel provided money for their establishment after his death. This will be the first time since 1949 that the award has been delayed. Last year, Japanese-born British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro won the prize.
* Nobel Prize in Literature = 노벨 문학상/ award = 수여하다/ accusation = 혐의 (제기), 비난; 고발, 기소/ wrongdoing = 범법[부정] 행위, 비행/ permanent secretary = 사무차관/ rebuild = (허물어진 삶・희망 등을) 새로 세우다[재건하다]; (건물 등을) 다시 세우다[재건하다]; 다시 조립하다/ public trust = 대중의 신뢰/ laureate = (뛰어난 업적으로 훈장, 상을 받은) 수상자/ out of respect (for ~) = (~에 대한) 존경심에서

The problems at the Swedish Academy began last fall. Jean-Claude Arnault, an important artist in Sweden, was accused of sexual abuse. Arnault leads a cultural center for which the Academy provided financial support. He is also the husband of Academy member, poet Katarina Frostenson. In November of 2016, a major Swedish newspaper, Dagens Nyheter, reported about 18 women who accused Arnault of sex abuse. He has also been accused of violating Nobel secrecy rules. He reportedly released the identity of winners before official announcements at least seven times. Arnault’s lawyer Bjorn Hurtig has denied the accusations. He told the Associated Press that his Arnault is the victim of “a witch hunt” and that the accusations “may only have the purpose of harming” him. The academy later admitted in a report that “unacceptable behavior in the form of unwanted intimacy” took place among its members. However, its poor management of the behavior damaged the organization’s trustworthiness. It also led to the resignation of its first female leader, Sara Danius. A debate about how to deal with the accusations divided the Academy’s 18 members, who are appointed to life terms. Later, seven members decided to leave or distance themselves from the group. The Academy released a statement that said members would reexamine operating polices at this week’s meeting.
* sexual abuse = 성적 학대, 성 폭력/ financial support = 재정적 원조/ poet = 시인/ be accused of ~ = ~로 비난을 받다/ secrecy = 비밀 유지[엄수]; 비밀(인 상태)/ reportedly = 전하는 바에 따르면, 소문에 의하면/ release = (대중들에게) 공개[발표]하다/ identity = 신원, 신분, 정체/ official announcement = 공식 발표/ at least = 적어도, 최소한/ witch hunt = 마녀 사냥/ unwanted = 원치 않는, 반갑지 않은/ lead to ~ = ~로 이어지다/ resignation = 사직, 사임/ be appointed to ~ = ~로 임명되다/ life term = 종신/ distance oneself/sb/sth from ~ = (~에) 관여[개입]하지 않다[않게 하다]/ operating policy = 경영정책, 실행방침