Nobel Foundation says could strip Swedish Academy of literature prize role

By Esha Vaish STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Nobel Foundation could drop the Swedish Academy from awarding its prestigious annual literature prize if the Academy does not make further changes in the wake of a recent sex scandal, the head of the foundation told Reuters on Friday. "If things continue in this way, and if they don't manage to regain legitimacy, then we might be forced to take drastic steps," Lars Heikensten said. "One of those steps could be asking permission to have some other organisation being responsible for the prize." The Academy is working to rebuild its reputation after a sex scandal involving the husband of one its members

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