Nobel Prize

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    At Last: Dylan to Receive Nobel Prize in Stockholm

    Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will receive his Nobel Literature Prize diploma and medal in the next few days in Stockholm, where is he due to perform this weekend, the secretary of the Swedish Academy said on Wednesday. The Academy's decision to give the bard of "Blowin' in the Wind" the literature prize caused controversy, only deepened by Dylan's silence about the award for weeks afterwards and his no-show at the annual banquet in December. "The good news is that the Swedish Academy and Bob Dy

  • EntertainmentAssociated Press

    Patti Smith Blanks Out During Nobel Prize Performance

    STOCKHOLM (AP) — Patti Smith needed two attempts to get through Bob Dylan’s ‘A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall’ at the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm on Saturday.

  • NewsThe Wrap

    Bob Dylan Writes Speech for Someone Else to Read at Nobel Prize Banquet

    Bob Dylan still isn’t accepting his Nobel Prize in person, but he has at least written some original words to mark the occasion. Instead of accepting the award, Dylan has written a speech that will be read aloud at the Nobel Prize banquet in Stockholm on Dec. 10, per the New York Times. Dylan’s diploma and medal will then be presented to him in private at a later date. The celebrated singer-songwriter was awarded the prize “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American so