Bob Dylan has finally delivered the lecture required to keep the $900,000 Nobel Prize money, eight months after he became the first musician to win the award. The US singer-songwriter’s ambivalence to one of the world’s most prestigious honours saw him branded “impolite and arrogant” after his apparent indifference to an honour that can transform the career of lesser-known writers.
The Like A Rolling Stone singer took made no public statement after his win was announced in October, and a brief reference added to his website was quickly removed after the media caught wind of it.
Some in the literary world criticised the decision to give it to the musician and the dissent grew louder as Dylan silence continued…
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