Hello
Gentle Reader
Earlier
this week the Swedish Appeals Court, found Jean-Claude Arnault’s initial
conviction not only stood, but also added another six months to his sentence, while
finding him guilty of a second rape. Arnault continues to profess his innocence
with relation to the charges, and his lawyers announced they plan on appealing
this added conviction further to the Supreme Court.
Friend
and ally Horace Engdahl has refuted the court’s decision as baseless, and
decried the extended prison sentence and added conviction as unjustified, due
to the evidence being testimonial in nature, with little to no ‘physical
evidence,’ produced by either the prosecutes or accusers. Beyond throwing his
support behind Jean-Claude Arnault, Horace Engdahl has also once again taken it
upon himself to offer a dissenting opinion of the current gender divide forming
in the world. His new book “De Obekymrade,” or “The Obsessed,” Engdahl takes
aim and issue with the current fragmenting social climate. It’s considered a
personal polemic testament and observation of social movements currently at
work—specifically the ‘MeToo Movement.’ When discussing “De Obekymrade,” stated
it will offer the perspective from the other side of the conversation and reaffirmed
it is not a misogynistic manifesto.
Despite
this, Horace Engdahl then makes a ludicrous claim in another direction, which
undermines his previous statements. In refrence to the recent departure of Jayne
Svenungsson and alluding to: Sara Stridsberg, Sara Danius, Lotta Lotass as well
as Katarina Frostenson) Horacen Engdahl proposes that men are perhaps better equipped
to dealing with the power struggles, pressures, and extreme stresses associated
with institutions like the Swedish Academy, in a recent documentary with Sveriges Television.
As
for the fate of former Permanent Secretary Sara Danius, it has been reported
that she is considering returning to her work with the Swedish Academy. According
to an article with Expressen, Sara
Danius had stated she would wait for the court’s decision before she decided to
either move into an active role with the Swedish Academy or remain passive. In the
meantime she was featured in a calendar photoshoot celebrating the ‘MeToo
Movement,’ where she was depicted as Joan of Arc, with an ensemble of armour
and sword. For now it appears Sara Danius will remain passive or inactive with
matters concerning the Swedish Academy.
Katarina
Frostenson remains the greatest liability for the Swedish Academy. Despite
being declawed and toothless, the notoriety of her husband’s conviction and his
previous behaviors will shadow her; not to mention her own lacking moral
compass with regards to ethics on conflicts of interest, especially of a
financial nature. Yet, the Swedish Academy continues to hold a stony silence
with regards to the Frostenson problem. The academy has requested she
voluntarily resign from her seat and she refuses, going so far as to hire a
lawyer to help navigate the legal proceedings she herself may face, as the
Swedish Academy once again takes the mantel of an investigation to inspect and
examine her alleged transgressions.
Yet
it is not entirely fair to crucify Katarina Frostenson as the only member who
should resign from her seat with the academy. There are a few members who have
failed astronomically in their duties past and present both as Permanent
Secretaries as well as members of the academy. They have shown themselves to
lack moral probity, sober thought, clear and concise perspective, and an ability
to rely on simple principles and pillar of justice. These members have been
quick to criticize the short comings of others in order to protect either their
own personal vested interest or reputation, often at the expense of the academy’s
reputation, and on the backs of other members. These members have proven
themselves to being rotten and lacking in simple ideas of comradery beyond
their corrupted version. Their actions along with the scandal, have
subsequently tarnished the Nobel Prize for Literature, and forced the Nobel
Foundation to demand caveats and concessions, as well as suggest amendments and
reforms on the threat of punitive action.
Next
year there is the expectation the Swedish Academy will announce two winners for
the Nobel Prize for Literature, to make up for this year’s postponement. The question
is, will the chosen writes accept the award, or will the Nobel Prize rise above
the trivialities of scandal and remain a shining golden beacon of culture and
literary merit?
Thank-you
For Reading Gentle Reader
Take
Care
And
As Always
Stay
Well Read
M.
Mary
For
Further Reading (and watching) –
Sveriges Television - Documentary - "The Closed Company,"
The Globe & Mail: "Swedish court adds second rape conviction for man in Nobel scandal,"
SVT Nyheter: "Horace Engdahl on the new book: "Will beat the pure feminists"'
Expressen: "Sara Danius: "I am a passive member, I wait and see"
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