Tag: Nobel prize 2016
Patti Smith falters in Stockholm tribute to an absent Bob Dylan
Representing the Nobel laureate at the prize-giving, the US singer admitted nerves in performance at Swedish academy. A very nervous Patti Smith initially stumbled through A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall in Stockholm on Saturday in a performance given to mark Bob Dylans Nobel prize for literature. Making the award, Horace Engdahl, a Swedish literary historian […]
‘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 […]
Leonard Cohen: giving Nobel to Bob Dylan like ‘pinning medal on Everest’
At an event in Los Angeles to launch his album, the 82-year-old singer-songwriter rows back on claims he was ready to die by saying he now wants to live for ever. On Thursday, Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel prize for literature, sparking controversy among musicians, novelists and fans. That evening in Los Angeles, his […]
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 […]