The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 was awarded to Bob Dylan "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".

Bob Dylan – Facts: Bob Dylan

Born: 24 May 1941, Duluth, MN, USA

Prize motivation: "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition"

Prize share: 1/1

Prize Announcement:

Watch Professor Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, announce the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Interview after the announcement:

"He can be read and should be read, and is a great poet in the English tradition"

Following the announcement, Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, was interviewed by freelance journalist Sven Hugo Persson about the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature to Bob Dylan.

Press Release:

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016

Bob Dylan

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 is awarded to Bob Dylan

"for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".