Bob Dylan will formally receive his Nobel Prize in Literature in Stockholm, Sweden this weekend:
"The Swedish Academy is very much looking forward to the weekend and will show up at one of the performances," Nobel spokesperson Sara Danius wrote in a statement Wednesday. "The good news is that the Swedish Academy and Bob Dylan have decided to meet this weekend. The Academy will then hand over Dylan's Nobel diploma and the Nobel medal, and congratulate him on the Nobel Prize in Literature. The setting will be small and intimate, and no media will be present; only Bob Dylan and members of the Academy will attend, all according to Dylan's wishes."
He will deliver a taped lecture at some point later.
(Score: 2) by looorg on Saturday April 01 2017, @10:02AM (1 child)
He never really seemed all that happy about getting the prize. Sort of like he didn't care. So this, a taped lecture, seems like the least amount of effort involved to collect the million bucks.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 01 2017, @11:25AM
It's true that Bob begged out of the initial ceremony. However, he wrote a thoughtful letter to the Nobel committee and arranged for the US Ambassador to Sweden to read it at the banquet. She must have practiced, because it came off with only one or two slight stumbles. Video on the Nobel site, there is a "Play" button on this introductory page,
https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2016/dylan-speech.html [nobelprize.org]