Singer Bob Dylan wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature
Q. Which musician won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature?- Published on 17 Oct 16a. John Lennon
b. Bob Dylan
c. Richard Marx
d. Paul McCartney
ANSWER: Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan on 13th Oct 2016 won the Nobel prize in literature 2016
- Dylan won the award for creating new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition
- Apart from being a singer, Dylan is also a songwriter, artist and writer
- Most of his well-known songs date from the 1960s when songs chronicled unrest of a social nature
- His earlier songs such as Blown’ In the Wind and The Times They Are a-Changin’ were musical compositions that inspired the American civil rights and peace movement
- His lyrics have incorporated numerous social , political, philosophical and literary influences
- The accomplishments of the singer as a recording artist and performer were central to his career, but songwriting is held to be his greatest contribution
- Since the 1990s, he has published six books of drawing and painting and his work has been displayed in major art galleries
- As a musician, he sold more than 100m records; he is the best selling songwriter and artist of his times
- Numerous awards were received by him including 11 Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe award and an Academy Award
- He was also awarded a special citation for the Pulitzer Prize jury in 2008, profoundly impacting popular music and culture in N. America along with lyrical compositions that are extremely powerful
- He is the first American to win the prize since novelist Toni Morrison in 1993
- The Nobel Prize in Literature has been annually awarded to an author from any country who has produced outstanding work in the field of literature
- The prize has been awarded since 1901
- It is one of the 5 Nobel prizes established by Alfred Nobel since 1895
- In 2015, Svetlana Alexievich was awarded the Nobel prize in literature for her polyphonic writings
