Polish and Austrian authors win Nobel Prize for Literature for 2018 and 2019

Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austria's Peter Handke have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, BBC News reported.

Two winners were named - one for 2019 and one for 2018 - because last year's prize was not awarded.

The Swedish Academy, which oversees the prestigious award, suspended it last year after a sexual assault scandal.

Tokarczuk, who also won the Man Booker International Prize last year, was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize, with this year's Nobel going to Handke.