BREAKING: Bob Dylan wins 2016 Nobel Prize in literature

[BumRushDaShow]

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Source: Washington Post

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Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature Thursday for work that the Swedish Academy described as “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”

He is the first American to win the prize since Toni Morrison in 1993.

The permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, Sara Danius, made the announcement in Stockholm.

Dylan will receive an 18-karat gold medal and a check for about $$925,000.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/bob-dylan-wins-nobel-prize-in-literature/2016/10/13/d0c05ac4-90ea-11e6-a6a3-d50061aa9fae_story.html

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Here it is from the committee - https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2016/press.html

Bob Dylan

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 is awarded to Bob Dylan

"for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".

[pnwmom]

1. Here's a link from The Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/live/2016/oct/13/nobel-prize-in-literature-2016-liveblog

And the winner is...
Bob Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Thanks! Wapo got their link up finally!

[madaboutharry]

3. That is great.

Congratulations to Mr. Dylan.

[Princess Turandot]

4. Outstanding!

His words are as much poetry as they are words to be sung.

Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky
With one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea
Circled by the circus sands
With all memory and fate
Driven deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.

-Mr. Tambourine Man

[rug]

5. How does it feel?

[Retired George]

12. Like a Rolling Stone

The rich kind!

[montana_hazeleyes]

6. Wonderful!

I just love and admire Bob Dylan so much. I've been a fan since the 60s. There is no one like him. He is meaningful for all times.

[pnwmom]

7. But the New Republic is on record saying this would never happen.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028227418

[BumRushDaShow]

8. And he is eating crow

Bob Dylan has won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature.

An American has won the Nobel Prize in Literature for the first time in 23 years—but in a shocking decision, an American author wasn’t awarded. Instead, songwriter Bob Dylan won “for having created new poetic expressions within the Great American song tradition.”

https://newrepublic.com/minutes/137762/bob-dylan-won-2016-nobel-prize-literature

[pnwmom]

9. I hope so!

[PearliePoo2]

11. Ummm...New Republic!

Don't think twice, it's alright!

[Paladin]

10. Good. Very well deserved. (nt)

[cbdo2007]

13. Very well deserved for decades of work that has no comparison. Congrats!

[leftynyc]

14. Just saw him at Desert Trip

and he hasn't sounded this good in 20 years. This weekend he gets to be introduced as a Nobel Laureate.

[Glorfindel]

15. Hooray!

Well-deserved. Congratulations to Mr. Dylan.

[AngryAmish]

16. This is like giving Dr. Phil the Nobel Prize in Medicne

I am pretty sure this is not a joke.

[In_The_Wind]

17. Locking Duplicate Thread

dupe of http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141596082