Bob Dylan has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature it was announced yesterday, marking the first time the prestigious honor has been awarded to someone known primarily as a musician.
According to the Swedish Academy, Dylan will receive the award for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”
“He can be read and should be read, and is a great poet in the English tradition” https://t.co/g7CnFBlkNB
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 13, 2016
Congratulations to one of my favorite poets, Bob Dylan, on a well-deserved Nobel. https://t.co/c9cnANWPCS
— President Obama (@POTUS) October 13, 2016
From Orpheus to Faiz,song & poetry have been closely linked. Dylan is the brilliant inheritor of the bardic tradition.Great choice. #Nobel
— Salman Rushdie (@SalmanRushdie) October 13, 2016
