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Bod Dylan finally breaks the ice over Nobel Prize win

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8 years ago

October 29, 2016

Bod Dylan finally breaks the ice over Nobel Prize win

American songwriter, singer, artist, and writer Bob Dylan has finally broken the ice two weeks after ignoring Swedish Academy requests that he acknowledge his 2016 Nobel Prize in literature worth about $900,000.

Dylan finally responded and recognized the honor “for having created new poetic expressions within great American song tradition,” saying he hopes to attend the ceremony.

“Absolutely. … If it’s at all possible,” Dylan told the British newspaper the Guardian, of his intentions to attend the ceremony. He also called the honor “amazing, incredible.”

The academy announced two weeks ago that Dylan, 75, had won the Nobel Prize, but he hadn’t responded to the foundation until now. One official initially blasted the folk singer, calling his behavior “impolite and arrogant.”

But the news release stated that, indeed, Dylan was touched by the honor.

“The news about the Nobel Prize left me speechless,” he told Sara Danius, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy. “I appreciate the honor so much.”

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