At 7 pm Beijing time on October 13, 2016, the Swedish Academy announced that the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature would be awarded to American writer and singer Bob Dylan in recognition of his "in the great American song tradition." Created new poetic expressions." This is the first time the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to a musician. In fact, he had been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature many times before this. Bob Dylan once said of himself, "I think I am a poet first, and then a musician. I live like a poet, and I will still be a poet after I die." Maybe you don't know him, it doesn't matter, today I use Music will teach you about Bob Dylan, and you will believe that he deserves his reputation.
?"This is a victory for rock poets" In the past, when the literary award was awarded to musicians, the person who presented the award must have been "crazy." Today, when the musician is a poet, a singer who has been regarded as the spiritual idol of young Americans at the age of 25, there is something new in the astonishment. People commented that this year's Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan, which was a bitter experience for Haruki Murakami, who was running with him, and a pity for Adonis, who had already "won the prize." The name Bob Dylan made music a tool to express his outlook on life and attitude. Since the release of his first album in 1962, Bob Dylan has had an impact on the pop music and cultural circles for more than 50 years. It is generally accepted that he turned folk songs into sharp allegorical poems that revealed reality, and wrote several great poems in the 1960s and even in the entire music history.
Bob Dylan was born in 1941 as Robert Allen Zimmerman. He was an important troubadour and is considered the most important and influential folk singer in the United States in the 20th century. Bob formed his own band while in high school. After graduating from high school in 1959, he studied at the University of Minnesota. While in college, he became interested in folk songs and began to perform in folk circles near the school. He took the stage name Bob Dylan for the first time.
? He has won multiple Grammy Awards. In 2000, the song "Things have changed" written for the movie "Miracle Boy" won the Oscar for Best Original Song. Bob Dylan was named to Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Bob Dylan not only changed the history of rock music, but also influenced countless people outside of the music field. Steve Jobs once said, “Bob Dylan is the most respected poet and musician of our time, and one of my heroes.
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