Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

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I think it is the first singer to win it ?

The singer and songwriter Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” in the words of the Swedish Academy.

He is the first American to win since the novelist Toni Morrison, in 1993. The announcement, in Stockholm, came as something of a surprise. Although Mr. Dylan, 75, has been mentioned often as having an outside shot at the prize, his work does not fit into the traditional literary canons of novels, poetry and short stories that the prize has traditionally recognized.

“Mr. Dylan’s work remains utterly lacking in conventionality, moral sleight of hand, pop pabulum or sops to his audience,” Bill Wyman wrote in a 2013 Op-Ed essay in The New York Times arguing the case for Mr. Dylan’s getting the award. “His lyricism is exquisite; his concerns and subjects are demonstrably timeless; and few poets of any era have seen their work bear more influence.”

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I do NOT think that Bob Dylan deserves such a prize

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Why ? I like Bob Dylan, even if I don't know all of his songs, but some of them are known all in the world. He is quite popular in France and one of our singers translated his most famous songs like blowin' in the wind, that was learnt at schools.
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I might be the first time where a Nobel Prize is known by Mr and Mrs Everybody.

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I do like some of his music but no more than any other singer/song writer

I just do not think that he is so much more talented than others that he deserves to win such a high award

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I prefer this award given to Bob Dylan than to Murakami as many expected, because I think that Murakami is over-estimated as a writer.

Concerning our French Nobel Prizes, about Modiano, I still wonder why he got it. For Le Clézio, it was justified.

If we read the stories of all controversies about that Prize, we see that Steinbeck was considered by some as "limited talent".

The list of all laureates since the beginning is interesting : how many awarded that no one knows now, and how many major writers never awarded ?


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Bob Dylan's Nobel silence 'impolite and arrogant'

Bob Dylan's failure to acknowledge his Nobel Prize in literature is "impolite and arrogant", according to a member of the body that awards it.

The 75-year-old singer was named the shock winner of the prize last week.

But all efforts by the Swedish Academy to contact him have failed, and he has not acknowledged the win in public.

Academy member Per Wastberg told Swedish television: "He is who he is," adding that there was little surprise Dylan had ignored the news.

"We were aware that he can be difficult and that he does not like appearances when he stands alone on the stage," he told Sweden's Dagens Nyheter newspaper in a separate interview.

A reference to the prize was removed from Dylan's website last week.

It is still not known if he will travel to Stockholm to receive the prize on 10 December. If he does not, a ceremony marking his career will go ahead as planned, Mr Wastberg said.

Mr Wastberg called the snub "unprecedented", but one person has previously rejected the Nobel Prize in Literature - French author and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre in 1964.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37740379

The man is a pig - he did NOT deserve the prize in the first place - he obviously does not want it

I think that they should take the prize away from Dylan and give it to someone more deserving

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As it is told, would be not the first to refuse it. Jean-Paul Sartre did it before, saying that a writer has not to become an "institution" and he wanted to write and take political and social positions in his own name and not with that Nobel label.

But Bod Dylan is just a capricious diva not a philosopher

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finally, Bob Dylan breaks silence and says he will attend the ceremony 'if possible'.

Lol, I guess that this 'if possible' will infuriate his detractors :

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/ ... are_btn_tw

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finally, Bob Dylan breaks silence and says he will attend the ceremony 'if possible'.

Lol, I guess that this 'if possible' will infuriate his detractors :

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/ ... are_btn_tw

'if possible' sounds like an ungrateful pig

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Bob Dylan confirms non-attendance at Nobel Prize ceremony

Bob Dylan will not travel to Sweden to receive his Nobel Prize for Literature in person, it has been announced.

The Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel prizes, said it had received "a personal letter" saying he was unable to attend next month's Nobel ceremony "due to pre-existing commitments".

Dylan, the organisation said, felt "very honoured" and wished he could receive the prize personally.

The singer is required to give a Nobel lecture between now and next June.
'New poetic expressions'

The 75-year-old will not be the first recipient of the prestigious award to have been a no-show at the prize-giving ceremony.

Harold Pinter and Doris Lessing, winners of the prize in 2005 and 2007 respectively, were among others who did not attend the event.

"The prize still belongs to them, just as it belongs to Bob Dylan," the Academy said in a statement.

"We look forward to Bob Dylan's Nobel lecture, which he must give - it is the only requirement - within six months counting from December 10, 2016."

Dylan's win was a major talking point when it was announced last month, as was his apparent silence on the matter.

Some interpreted this as a sign he was ambivalent about the award, though the Academy later said he appreciated it "so much".

The veteran rock star was awarded the prize "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".

The Nobel Prize award ceremony and banquet will be held in Stockholm on 10 December, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38003818

Bob Dylan is an ungrateful PIG

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The Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel prizes, said it had received "a personal letter" saying he was unable to attend next month's Nobel ceremony "due to pre-existing commitments".

I wonder what are these pre-existing commitments.

In a way it is more insulting than simply refusing the prizes as Sartre did it for ethical reasons.

Perhaps Leonard Cohen would have been a better choice but he died too soon.

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Bob Dylan finally accepts Nobel Prize, months after ceremony

Bob Dylan has accepted his Nobel Prize for literature, more than three months after the awards ceremony, Swedish media report.

He received his medal at a private event in Stockholm before a scheduled concert in the city.

No further details were given.

Swedish Academy officials previously said Dylan would not deliver his Nobel lecture, a traditional condition of receiving the 8m kroner ($900,000, £727,000) prize money, at the event.

He is expected to deliver a taped version of the lecture later.

If he does not deliver a lecture by June, he will have to forfeit the prize money.

A member of the Swedish Academy, which awards the prize, told the Associated Press news agency "it went very well indeed", and that 75-year-old Dylan was "a very nice, kind man".

In an earlier blog post, the academy's secretary said the setting would be "small and intimate". No media were present at Dylan's request.

After receiving the prize, Dylan performed a concert on Saturday evening at the Stockholm Waterfront venue. A second concert is planned for Sunday evening.

Dylan is the first songwriter to win the Nobel Prize for literature, an honour that has usually been associated with poets and novelists.

But the academy handed Dylan the prize "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".

Dylan failed to attend the December ceremony, citing previous commitments. In a speech read on his behalf, he said it was "truly beyond words" and he thought his odds of winning were as likely "standing on the moon".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39470235

UNGRATEFUL LITTLE SHIT