Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature 2016

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 is awarded to Bob Dylan "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".
The prize has gone to an American after a gap of 23 years, novelist Toni Morrison won it for the US in 1993.
 
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 was awarded to Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich Svetlana Alexievich.  Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Japanese author Haruki Murakami and Syrian poet, essayist and translator Adonis were among the favourites tippped to win the prize.

Dylan has recorded a large number of albums revolving around topics like the social conditions of man, religion, politics and love. The lyrics have continuously been published in new editions, under the title Lyrics. As an artist, he is strikingly versatile; he has been active as painter, actor, and scriptwriter.

Bob Dylan was born on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota. He grew up in a Jewish middleclass family in the city of Hibbing.  Dylan moved to New York in 1961 and began to perform in clubs and cafés in Greenwich Village. He met the record producer John Hammond with whom he signed a contract for his debut album, called Bob Dylan (1962). Read More