The Nobel Prize in Literature goes to . . . BOB DYLAN?
When the Swedish Academy announced Bob Dylan winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016, "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," some people were shocked. Bob Dylan is a musician, not a writer. Or, is he?
This guide will explore the Nobel Prize for Literature itself and Bob Dylan within that context and provide resources to help with examining the issue.
Questions this guide and its resources will consider are:
This guide will not answer these questions, but instead, give you the tools to make up your mind.
And maybe, learn about Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize for Literature along the way!
Bob Dylan, performing at the Civil Rights March on Washington, August 28, 1963. Photograph by Rowland Scherman.
Bob Dylan: The Poet
News Articles about Bob Dylan & the Award
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