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  • #31
    As opposed to, say:-

    The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015

    Svetlana Alexievich


    The Nobel Prize in Literature 2014

    Patrick Modiano


    The Nobel Prize in Literature 2012

    Mo Yan



    Frankly, the last Nobel prize in Literature I have even heard of (except Dylan) is Harold Pinter, 2005.

    Seriously, check out this link and tell me your thoughts:-
    https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_pri...ure/laureates/

    The older the Award, the more you are likely to even know who they are.
    Last edited by sabang; 10-27-2016, 10:03 AM.

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    • #32
      Originally posted by sabang View Post

      Seriously, check out this link and tell me your thoughts:-
      https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_pri...ure/laureates/

      The older the Award, the more you are likely to even know who they are.
      Indeed

      These Nobel people have lost the plot. Just more of that SJW crap.
      A Nobel Peace Prize to B. Hussien Obama?
      Last edited by Boon Mee; 10-27-2016, 04:20 PM.
      God, the panic within the Dems, MSM, and left must be horrifying...realizing that Joe is really the best they've got.

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      • #33
        Bob Dylan can't make Nobel ceremony: Swedish Academy
        17 Nov 2016

        STOCKHOLM - Music icon Bob Dylan will not attend the Nobel ceremony in December to accept his literature prize because he has "other commitments", the Swedish Academy said on Wednesday.


        Bob Dylan performs at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark in 2001

        "The Swedish Academy received a personal letter from Bob Dylan yesterday where he explained that he could not make himself available in December...," it said in a statement.

        "He wishes that he could accept the award personally, but other commitments make it unfortunately impossible. He underlined that he feels incredibly honoured by the Nobel prize," it added.

        The Swedish Academy said it respected Dylan's decision, but that it was "unusual" for a Nobel laureate not to come to Stockholm to accept the award in person.

        Nobel laureates are honoured every year on December 10 -- the death anniversary of the prize's founder Alfred Nobel, a Swedish industrialist, inventor and philanthropist.

        Several other literature prize winners have skipped the Nobel ceremony in the past for various reasons -- Doris on grounds of ill health, Harold Pinter because he was hospitalised and Elfriede Jelinek due to social phobia.

        "We look forward to Bob Dylan's Nobel lecture, which he must carry out -- it is the only requirement -- within six months starting from December 10, 2016," the academy said.

        'Not disappointed'

        But Sara Danius, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, who received the news about Dylan not attending, told TT news agency that she didn't know how or when he would deliver the lecture.

        The 75-year-old, whose lyrics have influenced generations of fans, is the first songwriter to win the literature prize, although literature experts bet on writers such as Salman Rushdie, Adonis or Ngugi wa Thiong'o.

        Dylan's decision not to attend the ceremony does not come as a surprise. The singer didn't say a word about his prize on the day it was announced on October 13 when he was performing in Las Vegas.

        The American writer of "Blowing In The Wind", "Like A Rolling Stone", and "Mr. Tambourine Man" confined himself to his songs.

        Danius said she was "not disappointed" over Dylan skipping the ceremony.

        "The prize is not (given) so that one will travel to Stockholm, but it is an award for a life's work," she said, adding that Dylan did not tell her what his "other commitments" were.

        Asked on October 28 by Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper if he would attend the Nobel prize winners' banquet, Dylan said:

        "Absolutely. If it's at all possible."

        Academy member Swedish writer Per Wastberg accused Dylan of being "impolite and arrogant", and said it was "unprecedented" that the academy did not know if Dylan intended to pick up his award.

        French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre rejected the Nobel prize in literature in 1964, but his name is still on the list.

        The value of the prestigious award amounts to 8 million kronor ($870,000) in 2016.

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        • #34


          http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...te-house-event

          Barry Soetoro is the Rodney Dangerfield of politics - can't get no respect...
          God, the panic within the Dems, MSM, and left must be horrifying...realizing that Joe is really the best they've got.

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          • #35

            Published on Dec 10, 2016
            'Nervous' Patti Smith forgets Bob Dylan lyrics

            Patti Smith forgets the words to Bob Dylan's song, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, at his Nobel Literature Prize ceremony in Stockholm.

            The winner himself earlier announced that he was unable to attend.

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            • #36
              Bob Dylan to receive Nobel prize in Stockholm this weekend
              March 30, 2017

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              Bob Dylan will receive his Nobel Literature Prize this weekend.
              (File/AFP)

              Music icon Bob Dylan is to receive his Nobel Literature Prize this weekend at a meeting with the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, it was announced Wednesday.

              "The good news is that the Swedish Academy and Bob Dylan have decided to meet this weekend. The Academy will then hand over Dylan's Nobel diploma and the Nobel medal, and congratulate him on the Nobel Prize in Literature," Sara Danius, permanent secretary of the Academy, wrote in a blog post.

              "The setting will be small and intimate, and no media will be present; only Bob Dylan and members of the Academy will attend, all according to Dylan's wishes," she added.

              Dylan is set to perform two concerts in Stockholm, on Saturday and Sunday.

              Ms Danius didn't specify if the meeting would be held before or after the concerts.

              But Dylan, the first songwriter to win the prestigious prize, will not hold the traditional Nobel lecture during the meeting, she said.

              The lecture is the only requirement to receive the eight million kronor (A$1.17 million) that comes with the prize.

              "Please note that no Nobel Lecture will be held. The Academy has reason to believe that a taped version will be sent at a later point," Ms Danius said.

              The rock enigma snubbed the Nobel ceremony in December because of "pre-existing commitments".

              Nobel laureates usually hold their lectures in Stockholm in the days prior to the ceremony.

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              • #37
                Never been a Dylan fan, but I like some of his songs when other people do them. Mostly can't stand his voice.

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                • #38
                  "Sing in me, oh Muse, and through me tell the story."



                  transcript here :

                  https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_pri...n-lecture.html
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                  • #39
                    Cheers for that, Mid...A great lecture from an artistic icon...

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