Swedish Academy Reveals Bob Dylan Wins 2016 Nobel Prize In Literature

Swedish Academy Reveals Bob Dylan Wins 2016 Nobel Prize In Literature

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The academy on Thursday honored Bob Dylan for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” He is the first American to win the prize in more than two decades.

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