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Bob Dylan to finally receive his Nobel Literature
Bob Dylan finally agrees to accept Nobel Prize
Bob Dylan will finally receive his Nobel Literature Prize for literature in Sweden this weekend, the academy has announced. At the time of Award ceremony, the Swedish Academy said that the singer-songwriter informed them “he wishes he could receive the prize personally, but other commitments make it unfortunately impossible.” The[Read More…]
I recognize that I am in very rare company: Bob Dylan’s Nobel speech
Singer- Song writer Bob Dylan finally admitted that he was stunned and surprised when he was told he won a Nobel prize for literature. He described the victory as ” “something I never could have imagined or seen coming”. US Ambassador to Sweden read out Dylan’s letter at the annual[Read More…]
Bob Dylan breaks silence over Nobel Prize, accepts prize
Bob Dylan, the American singer-songwriter who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature has finally told the Swedish Academy that he will accept the prize. Despite the repeated attempts by award-givers, media-shy Dylan did not make any comment on the 8 million crown ($900,000) prize and told the British Daily,[Read More…]
Bob Dylan’s website removes mention of Nobel Prize win
The failed attempt of Nobel officials in knocking on Bob Dylan’s door was the major headline last week. Dylan was playing at a concert in Las Vegas on the night when the Nobel was announced. He ended the set with a cover of Frank Sinatra’s ‘Why Try to Change Me[Read More…]
Blowin in the Wind: An ode to Bob Dylan
I first heard the song Blowin in the Wind several years back in JNU. I was a new entrant and was straight away swept away by it, such was its all-pervasive power even half a century after its penning. I remember guys meticulously learning to strum the chords of Blowin[Read More…]
10 Greatest Bob Dylan songs of all times
Bob Dylan was named the surprise winner of the Nobel prize for literature “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”. The American singer-songwriter has has released great albums every decade since he started in the ‘60s and some of them have been poetic marvels. Every[Read More…]
Rock legend Bob Dylan wins Nobel Literature Prize
American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. The Swedish Academy said Dylan ‘created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition’. Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman in 1941 and began his musical career in 1959, playing in coffee houses in[Read More…]