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Oct 23, 2016
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A prominent member of the academy that awards the Nobel literature prize has described this year’s laureate, Bob Dylan, as arrogant, citing his total silence since the award was announced last week.
The US singer-songwriter has not responded to repeated phone calls from the Swedish Academy, nor reacted in any way in public to the news.
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“It’s impolite and arrogant,” said the academy member, Swedish writer Per Wastberg, in comments aired on SVT public television.
On the evening of 13 October, the day the literature prize winner was announced, Dylan played a concert in Las Vegas during which he made no comment at all to his fans.
He ended the concert with a version of the Frank Sinatra hit “Why Try To Change Me Now?”, taken to be a nod towards his longstanding aversion to the media.
Every 10 December Nobel prize winners are invited to Stockholm to receive their awards from King Carl XVI Gustaf and give a speech during a banquet.
The academy still does not know if Dylan plans to come.
“This is an unprecedented situation,” Wastberg said.
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Anders Barany, a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, recalled that Albert Einstein snubbed the academy after being awarded the physics prize in 1921.
In 1964 French writer and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre refused the literature prize outright.
Other contenders for this year’s prize included Salman Rushdie, Syrian poet Adonis and Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o.
Oct 23, 2016
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#45
other than that he has a sense for good lyrics hence I don't really mind him getting the prize
What's next?
Ice ice baby
dum dumdududumdudumdum
Oct 24, 2016
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#48
i don't have any problems in him winning; it's just that there are other writers who need to be highlighted, one weve never heard of. everyone knows dylan. it is always good to learn about new authors, especially those not working in english.
In the very early days, Dylan got some help in the music business from Bobby Vee, who passed away today at 73 from Dementia.----yes, I put him in the R.I.P. thread.
Oct 24, 2016
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#50
"The Nobel Prize amount for 2016 is set at Swedish kronor (SEK) 8.0 million per full Nobel Prize." Bob Dylan says no to all this money? Wow!
"Psychologist and social scientist Dacher Keltner says the rich really are different, and not in a good way: Their life experience makes them less empathetic, less altruistic, and generally more selfish."
Oct 24, 2016
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#52
leklerk1 wrote:
Well it depends really.
Yes, there are exceptions, of course 
Oct 24, 2016
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#53
The American singer-songwriter, a cultural icon of dissent and protest from the 1960s onward, has said nothing about the award announced two weeks ago.
But under Nobel rules, the winner must give one lecture on literature within six months to receive the $900,000 prize money.
"That is what we ask for in return," said Jonna Petterson, spokeswoman for the Nobel Foundation, adding Dylan could also opt to give a concert instead of a lecture.
"Yes, we are trying to find an arrangement that suits the laureate."
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is this a joke?
Oct 25, 2016
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#55
gromius wrote:
But under Nobel rules, the winner must give one lecture on literature within six months to receive the $900,000 prize money.
"That is what we ask for in return," said Jonna Petterson, spokeswoman for the Nobel Foundation, adding Dylan could also opt to give a concert instead of a lecture.
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is this a joke?
No, all Nobel prize winners in literature must do so (lecture). As writers they are used to such things, but as for Bob Dylan...Well, he is not a writer as such, 'only' an, ahem...
To give him the Nobel prize is a 'joke', not the arrangements around it.
Oct 25, 2016
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#56
It looks like Dylan himself is sending a message about him being given this award. I doubt they even considered this move. LOL
The same old painted lady from the brow of the Superbrain
Broken lines, broken strings
Broken threads, broken springs
Broken idols, broken heads
People sleeping in broken beds
Ain’t no use jiving
Ain’t no use joking
Everything is broken
Broken bottles, broken plates
Broken switches, broken gates
Broken dishes, broken parts
Streets are filled with broken hearts
Broken words never meant to be spoken
Everything is broken
-Dylan-