Some News from the Swedish Academy

Hello Gentle Reader

Upon waking this morning, after a uneventful and quiet New Years Eve celebration – or the lack of such a celebration, which had been spent reading, watching a movie, and a eventual observation at the clock; and announcing to house, the shadows, the dust bunnies, and the books a: Happy New Year; I realized that on my post last night, I had forgotten to mention some news, from the Swedish Academy that will become more apparent in the later part of this fresh new year. The Permanente Secretary of the Swedish Academy Peter Englund who had first announced that Herta Müller had been honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature, back in two-thousand and nine; and since then had subsequently announced other honoured writers like the master of the short story Alice Munro, as well as the Swedish haiku nature poet Tomas Transtromer; has now announced his resignation from his post as the Permanent Secretary; though his post will not officially be handed over to his predecessor Sara Danius until June first of two-thousand and fifteen. Peter Englund will continue his work as a historian, and researcher; but also devoting time to his family of five children. Sara Danius is the first woman to become the Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy; and there is already speculation of how gender may play a role, in the decision for the future writers to be honoured with the Nobel. However from what I can gather about Sara Danius is that she is a culture writer, a professor, and a literary reader with exceptionally refined and eclectic tastes, and the choices will hopefully be well deserved, shocking and always enjoyable to here, and encourage continual translations and dialogues of literature beyond languages. In other news from the Swedish Academy, Klas Östergren has now officially filled seat no. 11, after the former member Ulf Linde had passed away. , Klas Östergren is one of Sweden’s most beloved writers, and has a strong reading base after his breakthrough novel “Gentlemen.” His election to the Swedish Academy will be another new asset to the academy and will hopefully open up the Academy to new resources, and contacts, in order to help honour future Nobel Laureates.

Congratulations to Sara Danius and Klas Östergren! Two-thousand and fourteen ended with great news, and new beginnings. May two-thousand and fifteen be one of the greatest years, that these two individuals experience.

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