Damn! Bob Dylan wins Nobel Literature prize

Damn! Bob Dylan wins Nobel Literature prize

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norman lebrecht

October 13, 2016

They couldn’t find a writer so a musician was the next-best thing? Or was the committee just looking to big itself up with a blaze of celebrity? For lyrics written half a century ago and known the world over?

And if literary merit of lyrics had anything to do with it, shouldn’t Leonard Cohen take precedence?

Much as we love Bob Dylan, this gives no cause for cheer.

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