2016 Nobel Prize in Literature

2016 Nobel Prize in Literature
Bob Dylan
"for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition."
Date
  • 13 October 2016 (2016-10-13) (announcement)
  • 10 December 2016
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First award1901
WebsiteOfficial website

The 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan (born 1941) "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition". The prize was announced by the Swedish Academy on 13 October 2016. He is the 12th Nobel laureate from the United States.

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