Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan finally received his Nobel Prize in literature Saturday at a private ceremony in Stockholm, according to a statement posted online by the head of the Swedish Academy. The presentation came five months after the academy announced Dylan was the winner and more than three months after the formal award ceremony, which Dylan … Read more
Bob Dylan said it was “truly beyond words” to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. In a speech read on his behalf at the ceremony in Sweden, he said he thought his odds of winning were as likely as him “standing on the moon”. The songwriter told those at the event in Sweden he was … Read more
Patti Smith has apologised after forgetting the words to Bob Dylan’s song Patti Smith has apologised after forgetting the words to Bob Dylan’s song, A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, at his Nobel Literature Prize ceremony in Stockholm. She told the audience she was “so nervous”, and was applauded before restarting the verse. The winner himself … Read more