In the latest of many distinctions garlanding a career stretching back five-and-a-half decades, Bob Dylan has become the first member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to win the Nobel prize in literature. Others will feel that he deserves the creation of a special Nobel prize simply for being Bob Dylan, however that condition is defined. Tell that to Nobel prize winner Bob Dylan Read moreSo, to confront the familiar argument, can what he does be called literature? Essentially, in the work of Bob Dylan, the words and the music cannot be separated. Just take your favourite Dylan line.

Source: The Guardian October 13, 2016 13:25 UTC