NEW ACADEMY PRIZE IN LITERATURE

Oct. 13, 2018

Maryse Conde has won The New Academy Prize in Literature – also known as alternative award – formed in protest to the Nobel Literature Prize.

New Academy prize:

The New Academy prize is a one-off award intended to fill the gap left by the cancellation of this year’s Nobel prize for literature, postponed this year over a rape scandal that came to light as part of the #MeToo movement.
It was presented by New Academy, which has been founded by more than 100 Swedish writers, artists and journalists. The New Academy will be dissolved in December 2018.
Unlike the secretive deliberations of the Nobel jury, the New Academy prize saw Swedish librarians nominate authors, who were winnowed down to a final four by a public vote, the winner decided by an expert jury.

Maryse Conde:

Maryse Conde is a French (Guadeloupean) author of historical fiction.
She is the author of some 20 novels, including Desirada, Segu and Crossing the Mangrove.
According to the new academy, she describes the ravages of colonialism and the post-colonial chaos in a precise and overwhelming language.

Source : The Hindu