Bob Dylan, Pulitzer Prize winner
There’s not much left to give the legendary folk singer/songwriter, but today proved otherwise as Bob Dylan received his highest honor yet, the honorary Pulitzer Prize. The announcement was made this morning, when author Junot Diaz of “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” received a win for fiction writing. The nod to Dylan is quite rare, given that the awards in music generally reflect classic based compositions. Could this be a sign of the times with change to come?
Thanks to Bob Dylan, rock ‘n roll has finally broken through the Pulitzer wall.
Dylan, the most acclaimed and influential songwriter of the past half century, who more than anyone brought rock from the streets to the lecture hall, received an honorary Pulitzer Prize on Monday, cited for his “profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power.”
It was the first time Pulitzer judges, who have long favored classical music, and, more recently, jazz, awarded an art form once dismissed as barbaric, even subversive.
“I am in disbelief,” Dylan fan and fellow Pulitzer winner Junot Diaz said of Dylan’s award.
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The Pulitzer Prize is an annual award overseen by Columbia University in New York City. Awards are rewarded to those that hold the highest honor in arts and journalism. Even the most modest of men or women should take notice of their importance and assertiveness in the world, especially after winning such an award. One might picture ol’ Bobby giving a little smile, somewhere when no one is looking, and that’s a big, big deal alone.
For a full list of winners, please visit the official site of the Pulitzer.
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“Subterranean Homesick Blues”
I wonder if he will keep it on his guitar amp on stage, next to his oscar.