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
Avalon (Sully Erna album) Avalon (Sully Erna album) Avalon is the first solo studio album by American rock musician Sully Erna, released on September 14, 2010. "Avalon" is a combination of work that took Sully Erna almost seven years to complete. In October 2006, "Launch Radio Networks" reported that Sully Erna has started working on his solo album. Although he wasn't exactly sure what shape it will take, Erna told "Launch Radio Networks" that "I've been putting some thought into it," he said. "I actually have some stuff that I'm doing on the side right now. I don't know when I'm gonna kind of