American musician Bob Dylan has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for literature. Sara Danius, the secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, made the announcement on Thursday morning.
The Swedish Academy cited the American musician for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”
Here’s the tweet announcing Bob Dylan as the winner of Nobel Literature Prize 2016
BREAKING 2016 #NobelPrize in Literature to Bob Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition” pic.twitter.com/XYkeJKRfhv
Here’s the tweet announcing Bob Dylan as the winner of Nobel Literature Prize 2016A Short Look at the career of Bob DylanHere is the Video of the Announcement by the Academy announcing Bob Dylan as winner of Nobel Literature PrizeDylan will take home the eight million kronor (USD 906,000 or 822,000 euros) prize sum.
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 13, 2016
A Short Look at the career of Bob Dylan
Known for his immense contribution to the world of music, Dylan has had a career spanning over five decades. He continues to inspire musicians across the world with his work.
Dylan is the first songwriter to win the prestigious award and the announcement stunned prize watchers on Thursday morning. The choice was met by gasps and a long round of applause from journalists attending the prize announcement. The folk singer has been mentioned in Nobel speculation in past years but was never seen as a serious contender.
Here is the Video of the Announcement by the Academy announcing Bob Dylan as winner of Nobel Literature Prize
Announcement of the 2016 #NobelPrize in Literature https://t.co/VXayV4bvhC
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 13, 2016
Dylan will take home the eight million kronor (USD 906,000 or 822,000 euros) prize sum.
Literature was the last of this year’s Nobel prizes to be awarded. The prize is named after dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel and has been awarded since 1901 for achievements in science, literature and peace in accordance with his will. The 2016 laureates will receive their awards — a gold medal and a diploma — at a formal ceremony in Stockholm as tradition dictates on December 10, the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel.
The Nobel award is the latest accolade for a singer who has come a long way from his humble beginnings as Robert Allen Zimmerman, born in 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, who taught himself to play the harmonica, guitar and piano.
