As to criticism toward the Academy, the author of the text says that they tend not to take into account

some special moments in the history of mankind and also the Academy’s ambition to include minor talents.

all the changes it has gone through and the difficulty in choosing from too many names sometimes.

the hardships of war periods and the attempt to always reward all deserving authors from different parts of the world.

the difficulty in following exactly the same criteria over a period of more than a hundred years and the disillusion with the lack of talents recently.