STOCKHOLM—Bob Dylan finally has his hands on his Nobel Literature diploma and medal. Dylan had declined the invitation to attend the traditional Nobel Prize banquet and ceremony on Dec. 10 — the date of Alfred Nobel’s death — pleading other commitments. Taped Nobel lectures have been occasionally presented, most recently in 2013 by Canadian Nobel literature laureate Alice Munro. “I think he has said it all already as you heard in the acceptance speech and you know, Dylan didn’t apply for the Nobel Prize. The 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” He had expressed awe at receiving the Nobel Prize and thanked the Swedish Academy for including him among the “giants” of writing.

Source: thestar April 02, 2017 02:37 UTC