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Bob Dylan wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature
US music legend Bob Dylan won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the first songwriter to win the prestigious award in a decision 1 surprised prize watchers.
The 75-year-old Dylan —best known for tunes like “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “Like a Rolling Stone” 2 (honor) “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”, the Swedish Academy said.
The choice was met by gasps and a long round of applause from reporters 3 (attend) the prize announcement. The folk singer has been mentioned in Nobel speculation in the past few years, 4 he was never seen as a serious competitor.
“Dylan has the status of 5 important symbol. His influence on contemporary music is profound,” the academy wrote in biographical notes about the famously private singer.
The Nobel is the latest award for the singer, who has come a long way from his humble beginnings as Robert Allen Zimmerman, born in 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, and who taught 6 to play the harmonica, guitar and piano.
Initially 7 (encourage) by the music of folk singer Woody Guthrie, Robert Allen changed his name to Bob Dylan and began performing in local nightclubs.
8 dropping out of college, he moved to New York in 1960. His 9 (early) album contained only two original songs, but the 1963 breakthrough The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan featured a number of his own songs, 10 (include) the classic Blowin’ in the Wind.