Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize for Literature
13 October 2016, 12:16
| Written by
Laurence Day
Bob Dylan has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature.
The 75-year-old singer/songwriter has been given the prize for "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".
Born Robert Zimmerman, the iconic figure has been active for over half a century, changing the face of modern music multiple times in the process. Dylan's been a major force on wider society as well - most notably in the 1960s during civil rights and anti-war movements - and remains an immensely influential individual across the world.
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