Nobel Prize in Literature publicly available at The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Currently, only nominations submitted between 1901 and 1968 are available for public viewing. This secrecy has led to speculation about the next Nobel laureate. According to Göran Malmqvist of the Swedish Academy, Chinese writer Shen Congwen was to have been awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature, had he not suddenly died that year. From 1901 to 1912, the committee, headed by the conservative Carl David af Wirsén, weighed the literary quality of a work against its contribution towards humanity's struggle 'toward the ideal'. Tolstoy, Ibsen, Zola, and
Sandra Sully Sandra Sully Sandra Sully (born 18 February 1965) is an Australian journalist and news presenter and editor for Sydney's 10 News First since 2011, previously being the presenter of the news bulletin on Network Ten's "Ten Late News" with "Sports Tonight" until she presented the (then) final edition of the program. Sully attended Brisbane State High School. Sully was the first Australian television journalist to cover news of the 11 September terrorist attacks. She was on air when the first attack occurred and, shortly afterwards, began presenting live breaking coverage. She also hosted Cool Aid Australia's National Carbon Test. She