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Head Of Swedish Academy Steps Down Over Handling Of Sex Abuse Allegations

Permanent Secretary Sara Danius resigned on Thursday from the institution that awards the Nobel Prize for literature.
The Swedish Academy's Permanent Secretary Sara Danius talks to journalists as she leaves a meeting at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday.

The head of the Swedish Academy, the august body that awards the Nobel Prize for Literature, has stepped down after criticism of the institution's handling of a sexual abuse scandal.

"It was the wish of the

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