Not even a pedophilia scandal can crack France’s literary behemoths. On prize panels, appointments are for life.

The Morning News https://ift.tt/39nk6j5

“This is a country that finds it extremely difficult to accept actual change in its institutions,” said Françoise Nyssen, the head of a publisher, Actes Sud, who was France’s minister of culture in 2017 and 2018. “People shield themselves against change.”

↩︎ The New York Times

View Post →