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Text of the Swedish Academy statement on postponing award

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE- In this file photo dated Friday, April 17, 2015, a national library employee shows the gold Nobel Prize medal awarded to the late novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, in Bogota, Colombia. For the first time since 1943, there’s a notable chance that no Nobel Prize for Literature will be awarded this year, it is revealed Monday April 30, 2018, as the Swedish Academy, which chooses the Nobel Literature winner, is embroiled in sex abuse and financial crimes scandals. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, FILE)

Will there be a Nobel in literature this year? Stay tuned

By JARI TANNER and JAN M. OLSEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, April 3, 2017 file photo, King Carl Gustaf of Sweden speaks during a meeting with Brazilian and Swedish businessmen, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Sweden's king on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 the resignation of three members from the Swedish Academy awarding the Nobel Literature Prize is &quot;deeply unfortunate and risk seriously damaging&quot; the body's &quot;important activities.&quot; (AP Photo/Andre Penner, file)

Women take fall in Nobel scandal for man’s alleged misdeeds

By DAVID KEYTON and JAN M. OLSEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, April 3, 2017 file photo, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden speaks during a meeting with Brazilian and Swedish businessmen, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Sweden's king said Wednesday, April 18, 2018 he wants to change the statutes of the Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Literature Prize each year, to allow board members to resign even though they are appointed for life. &quot;The number of members who do not actively participate in the Academy's work is now so large that it is seriously risking the Academy's ability to fulfill its important tasks,” King Carl XVI Gustav said in a statement issued via the palace. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, file)

Swedish king wants to let Nobel literature selectors resign

By DAVID KEYTON and JAN M. OLSEN - Associated Press

This photo posted on the Instagram account of Alice Bah Kuhnke on Friday, April 13, 2018 shows the Swedish Culture minister posing for a photo in support for ousted head of the Swedish Academy awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature, saying the “feminist battle happens every day.” Kuhnke is seen wearing a white high-neck blouse with a knot, similar to those worn by the academy’s former member Sara Danius who stepped down Thursday. In Friday’s posting, Bah Kuhnke added the hashtag #knytblus _ Swedish for knot the blouse tie. (Johannes Bah Kuhnke/Instagram via AP)

Outrage in Sweden as 2 women pressured to leave Nobel group

By DAVID KEYTON and JAN M. OLSEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, April 3, 2017 file photo, King Carl Gustaf of Sweden speaks during a meeting with Brazilian and Swedish businessmen, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Sweden's king on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 the resignation of three members from the Swedish Academy awarding the Nobel Literature Prize is &quot;deeply unfortunate and risk seriously damaging&quot; the body's &quot;important activities.&quot; (AP Photo/Andre Penner, file)

Swedish Academy head resigns amid turmoil at Nobel group

Associated Press

FILE- In this file photo dated Friday, April 17, 2015, a national library employee shows the gold Nobel Prize medal awarded to the late novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, in Bogota, Colombia. The Nobel prize has greater personal impact than merely receiving the monetary award, as it marks the recipient in terms of esteem and global recognition. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, FILE)

Esteem, money and mystery: 5 things to know about the Nobels

By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

**FILE** President Obama, a 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, poses Dec. 10, 2009, with his medal and diploma at the prize ceremony at City Hall in Oslo. (Associated Press)

Nobel Peace Prize jury under investigation

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

**FILE** Ralph Steinman of Rockefeller University speaks during a news conference in Albany, N.Y., on April 24, 2009. (Associated Press)

Scientist wins Nobel for medicine days after death

By Karl Ritter and Louise Nordstrom - Associated Press

Nobel Foundation confirms prize to dead scientist

By KARL RITTER and LOUISE NORDSTROM - Associated Press

Scientist wins Nobel for medicine days after death

By KARL RITTER and LOUISE NORDSTROM - Associated Press