This is the Swedish Academy’s new permanent secretary
Mats Malm joined the Swedish Academy in December 2018. Photo: Henrik Montgomery/TT A Gothenbur..
Mats Malm joined the Swedish Academy in December 2018. Photo: Henrik Montgomery/TT
A Gothenburg literature professor will become the new permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, after a scandal threw the Nobel Prize institution into turmoil.
Mats Malm is a professor of literary theory at the University of Gothenburg.
"I am very happy to be given this trust and look forward to the honourable commission as permanent secretary," he said.
Malm, 54, only joined the Academy four months ago.
He takes over from Anders Olsson, who has been serving as head of the Academy since June 2018 after the previous secretary, Sara Danius, was forced to step down amid a scandal sparked by Frenchman Jean-Claude Arnault, an influential figure on Stockholm's cultural scene.
Arnault, who is married to a then-member of the Academy who later resigned, was accused and later convicted of rape.
The 18-member Academy was split on how to handle its ties to Arnault.>Read More – Source
