Tag: Nobel prize in literature
Stephen King attacks Bob Dylan’s Nobel prize knockers
Guitar-playing horror legend speaks out against literary authors such as Gary Shteyngart and Irvine Welsh who have scorned the singer’s award. Stephen King has come to the defence of Bob Dylan’s Nobel prize for literature, accusing those who oppose the award of sour grapes. According to King, no other musician has had such an impact […]
‘I was left speechless’: Bob Dylan breaks two-week silence over Nobel prize
After being criticised as arrogant for not responding to his prize, artist says he will attend award ceremony if possible. Bob Dylan was left speechless by the news that he was to be awarded the Nobel prize for literature, he has said, breaking more than two weeks of silence since the announcement. The artist was […]
Fascinating, infuriating, enduring: Bob Dylan deserves his Nobel prize
Many have questioned the accolade, but there is no question that he is a singular talent even if he’s not really a poet. As you will no doubt have noticed, Bob Dylan is the recipient of the 2016 Nobel prize for literature for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition. It […]