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Why did Bob Dylan win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

by Amy Jackson on 2016-10-14T11:39:00-06:00 | 0 Comments

 

On October 13, 2016, Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition". Dylan is the first musician to win this prize, and the award has sparked a controversy about the artistic value of song lyrics versus poems and novels.

Explore Worldcat to learn what scholars have said about Dylan's lyrics, watch online documentaries about Bob Dylan, and read about the Nobel Prize in Literature. Do you think Bob Dylan should have won this award?

 

 

 

 


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