Legendary musician Bob Dylan has won the 2016 Nobel prize for literature. The Swedish Academy recognized Dylan, 75, for "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.''
Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Literature Prize
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Bob Dylan performs during on day 2 of The Hop Festival in Paddock Wood, Kent, Britain, Jun. 30, 2012.
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President Barack Obama presents rock legend Bob Dylan with a Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, May 29, 2012..
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Bob Dylan is back on the road with his show visiting small town and cities. He is seen here with Joan Baez, in Providence, Rhode Island, Nov. 4, 1975.
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Folk singer Bob Dylan, center, performs with drummer Levon Helm, left, Rick Danko, second left, and Robbie Robertson of The Band at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Jan. 20, 1968.