Bob Dylan Research Paper

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Starting in 1901, the Swedish Academy annually bestows a prestigious award upon an individual that they deemed “has produced the most outstanding work in an ideal direction” within the field of literature. This is famously known as the Nobel Prize in Literature, which counts many revolutionary and brilliant authors as its laureates, including T.S. Eliot, Jean Paul Sartre, Rudyard Kipling, John Steinbeck, George Bernard Shaw, and Toni Morrison, just to name a few. However, this past week, it was announced that the next recipient of the honor will be much different than those in the past. Rather than choosing a literary writer, the Swedish Academy opted to select a songwriter for the first time. On December 10, Bob Dylan, the legendary folk rock …show more content…
In addition to twelve Grammy Awards out of forty-three nominations, he won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his song, “Things Have Changed” in the film, Wonder Boys. Furthermore, he has been inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, as well as three albums, two singles, and a track in the Grammy Hall of Fame. Furthermore, he has received a Pulitzer Prize, a Kennedy Center Honor, a Presidential Medal of Freedom, a National Medal of Arts, The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Award, a Prince of Asturias Award, a Polar Music Prize, honorary doctorate degrees from Princeton University and St. Andrew’s University in Scotland, and the titles of “Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres” and “Officier de la Legion d’honneur.” For such a luminary in his craft, it is fitting that Dylan has obtained so many accolades. As a Nobel laureate, the seventy-five-year-old icon will be able to add yet another achievement to his name. However, while having recognition is great, Bob Dylan’s legacy lies solely within his music, and he will be immortalized by his classic songs that will continue to be enjoyed for