2016 Nobel Prize in Literature

2016 Nobel Prize in Literature
Bob Dylan
"for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition."
Date
  • 13 October 2016 (2016-10-13) (announcement)
  • 10 December 2016
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan (born 1941) "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".[1] The prize was announced by the Swedish Academy on 13 October 2016.[2] He is the 12th Nobel laureate from the United States.

  1. ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 nobelprize.org
  2. ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 Prize Announcement nobelprize.org