October 2016, Year VIII, n. 10
Sara Danius
Nobel. A lady’s touch
Telos: “1st June 2015. First woman ever at the top of the Nobel Prize organisation”. On the mass media, your appointment as Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy became a gender issue. What was your reaction?
Sara Danius: The Swedish Academy was founded in 1786 by King Gustaf III, and it has taken 228 years for it to appoint its first female Permanent Secretary. I’m tempted to say that of course it’s a gender issue - 228 years may seem like long time, and it certainly is, but on the other hand, we’re still waiting for our first Swedish queen in the modern era and, indeed, our first woman prime minister ...more
Editorial
Sara Danius is an intelligent, cultured, successful and powerful woman. Sara Danius is refined, elegant and extremely beautiful. Sara Danius is a cook, a good cook – just read the mouth-watering recipes she’s given us. All very surprising, you’ll say. No, not at all since Sara Danius is kind, available and lovely. Blast! Immediately after the official announcement of her nomination as Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy – the one that assigns the Nobel Prize in Literature – we instantly wrote to her secretary ...more
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