By the will of rock

In 2016, the Nobel Prize in literature received an American musician and author Bob Dylan, according to the website of the Nobel Committee. The award is awarded "for creating a new poetic language in the great American song tradition."

Bob Dylan (real name - Robert Allen Zimmerman) was born on May 24, 1941. According to musical critics, his 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited had a huge impact on the development of rock music. Dylan is also considered the thorough direction of country-rock. The musician released released 35 albums.

Dylan is a laureate of nine Grammy awards. The Grammy Hall of Fame includes six of his compositions. The list of 500 songs that influenced rock and roll contains five notes of Dylan.

In April 2008, Dylan received the Pulitzer Prize "For an outstanding influence on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of exceptional poetic power." He was also awarded the Order of the Honorary Legion and the presidential medal of freedom, one of the highest civilian awards in the United States.

According to the results of the survey conducted in 2010 by Rolling Stone, Dylan was recognized as the second most important performer in rock music after The Beatles. Time magazine included it in the list of 100 most influential personalities of the twentieth century.

In 2015, the Belarusian writer Svetlana Aleksievich was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. The award was awarded "for her polyphonic work - a monument to suffering and courage in our time."