Bob Dylan was named the winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday in a stunning announcement that for the first time bestowed the prestigious award to someone primarily seen as a musician.
The Swedish Academy cited the American musician for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”
Image: Bob Dylan perform on the stage in Tel Aviv, Israel, on June 20, 2011. Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced in Stockholm on Oct. 13, 2016.
