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
The Skoda Prize scene. The winner in 2011 was Navin Thomas The prize is sponsored by British Council, Pro Helvetia and Skoda among others. Its jury over the two years consisted of reputed artists from the Indian contemporary scene like Kiran Nadar, Vivan Sundaram and advisers to the jury includes art writer and critic Girish Shahane. In 2011, artist Jitish Kallat featured in the shortlist for THE ŠKODA PRIZE. The prize was cancelled in August 2013 as it was announced that ŠKODA would not be renewing its three-year contract to sponsor the prize. The first artist to be awarded in 2010 was Mithu