Maryse Condé, whose novels explore slavery and exploitation, has won an `alternative Nobel`
(WorldNews Sweden)

In the wake of a rape and corruption scandal that’s toppled the Swedish Academy, no Nobel prize in literature was given out this year. In its place, a group of concerned Swedes has named their own 2018 global winner for literature: Guadeloupean writer Maryse Condé. The New Academy Prize in Literature, which has been popularly referred to as an “alternativeâ€� Nobel prize, was announced today (Oct. 12). Several hundred Swedish librarians sent in nominations for...