Bob Dylan received the Nobel Prize

Today, October 13, the Nobel Prize in the 2016 Literature Laureate has been declared in Stockholm. They became an American musician, poet and writer Bob Dylan.

According to the NobelPrize.org website, quoting the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy Sarah Danius, the award is awarded "for creating new poetic statements in the great American song tradition."

Bob Dylan (b. 1941) is considered one of the ancestors of rock music, he played a key role in the revival of American folk music, released dozens of studio and concert albums and wrote more than 500 songs, including such worldwide hits as Blowin 'in the Wind " and " The Times the AR a-changin '” , which have become the hymns of anti-war movement and movement for civil rights in the United States.

More than 100 million copies of Bob Dylan’s albums have been sold around the world, he received many awards, including Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe. In 1988, Bob Dylan was introduced into the Hall of Glory of Rock-n Roll, in 2008 he was awarded the special mention of the jury of the Pulitzer Prize "For a huge contribution to popular music and American culture, for the lyrical compositions of unusual poetic expression."

Bob Dylan published several books of prose and poems - these are collections of songs of songs, the experimental novel “Tarantula” (1971) and the book of memoirs “Chronicle. Volume One ”(2004), which was 19 weeks on the list of bestsellers The York Times . In addition, Bob Dylan published six books of graphics and painting, his work was exhibited in the largest art galleries.