Bob Dylan, 75, has won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature (and the nearly $1,000,000 prize) but there is a lively debate worldwide about whether he deserves it. It is the first time the prestigious award has gone to someone known primarily as a musician. The Swedish Academy cited Dylan for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” Below, a Nobel person justifies the concept of lyrics as literature by citing Homer and Sappho.
"He can be read and should be read, and is a great poet in the English tradition" https://t.co/g7CnFBlkNB
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 13, 2016
I'm a Dylan fan, but this is an ill conceived nostalgia award wrenched from the rancid prostates of senile, gibbering hippies.
— Irvine Welsh (@IrvineWelsh) October 13, 2016
