<p class="title">The 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature, postponed last year after a scandal, will be announced this autumn together with the 2019 winner, organisers Nobel Foundation said Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The announcement of last year's prize was delayed after the husband of a Swedish Academy member, himself a key figure in Swedish literary circles, was accused of rape. It is the Swedish Academy that selects the winner of the Nobel literature prize.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Last December, a Swedish court convicted Frenchman Jean-Claude Arnault, 72, on two counts of rape, jailing him for two and half years. Arnault has appealed to the Supreme Court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During the scandal, several members of the Swedish Academy resigned as divisions appeared between those outraged by Arnault's behaviour and others accused of having failed to denounce him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In recent months, the academy has gradually voted in new members, changed some of its rules and made sure that no one linked to the scandal remains on the Nobel panel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a statement Thursday, the Nobel Committee said Horace Engdahl, a supporter of Arnault, had announced his resignation from the committee.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A separate statement from the Nobel Foundation said: "Overall, during the past year the Swedish Academy has taken a number of important steps to deal with the problems that arose late in 2017, and more are planned.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Although it will take time to fully restore confidence, the Board of the Nobel Foundation believes that the prerequisites for this are now good."</p>
<p class="title">The 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature, postponed last year after a scandal, will be announced this autumn together with the 2019 winner, organisers Nobel Foundation said Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The announcement of last year's prize was delayed after the husband of a Swedish Academy member, himself a key figure in Swedish literary circles, was accused of rape. It is the Swedish Academy that selects the winner of the Nobel literature prize.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Last December, a Swedish court convicted Frenchman Jean-Claude Arnault, 72, on two counts of rape, jailing him for two and half years. Arnault has appealed to the Supreme Court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During the scandal, several members of the Swedish Academy resigned as divisions appeared between those outraged by Arnault's behaviour and others accused of having failed to denounce him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In recent months, the academy has gradually voted in new members, changed some of its rules and made sure that no one linked to the scandal remains on the Nobel panel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a statement Thursday, the Nobel Committee said Horace Engdahl, a supporter of Arnault, had announced his resignation from the committee.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A separate statement from the Nobel Foundation said: "Overall, during the past year the Swedish Academy has taken a number of important steps to deal with the problems that arose late in 2017, and more are planned.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Although it will take time to fully restore confidence, the Board of the Nobel Foundation believes that the prerequisites for this are now good."</p>