Dylan becomes the 259th American to have won a Nobel Prize.
Bob Dylan has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, credited with having "created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".
Dylan, 75, becomes the 259th American to have won a Nobel Prize. The award is given to an individual who has produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"
Sara Danils, Secretary of the Swedish Academy,said of Bob Dylan’s work especially on his 1966 Blonde on Blonde album, “an extraordinary example of his brilliant way of rhyming. putting together refrains, and his brilliant way of thinking."
"If you look far back, 5000 years, you discover Homer and Sappho. They wrote poetic texts which were meant to be performed, and it’s the same way for Bob Dylan. We still read Homer and Sappho, and we enjoy it."
Bob Dylan was a cultural icon of the 1960’s, and was considered to be the spokesman of the generation. He made songs chronicling the social unrest of the time and most of his compositions became anthems for the American civil rights and anti-war movements. His famous songs include The Times They are a-Changin and Blowin in the Wind.
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