{"id":28074,"date":"2016-10-30T01:41:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T01:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=28074"},"modified":"2016-10-30T01:41:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-30T01:41:32","slug":"dylan-says-nobel-left-him-speechless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=28074","title":{"rendered":"Dylan says Nobel left him ‘speechless’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bob Dylan has finally accepted his Nobel prize for literature, the Swedish Academy that awards it said on Friday, breaking his silence on the win that he said left him \u2018speechless\u2019.<\/p>\n

Asked \u2018if I accept the prize? Of course\u2019, the US singer-songwriter said in a call to the academy this week, around a fortnight after he was named laureate on 13 October.<\/p>\n

\u2018The news about the Nobel Prize left me speechless,\u2019 he told the academy\u2019s permanent secretary, Sara Danius. \u2018I appreciate the honour so much.\u2019<\/p>\n

Dylan had not responded to repeated phone calls made by the academy following the prize announcement, nor had he made any public statement, prompting one academy member to call him \u2018impolite and arrogant\u2019.<\/p>\n

The academy said Friday that it had not yet been decided yet if Dylan would visit Stockholm to pick up his award.<\/p>\n

Sweden\u2019s King Carl XVI Gustaf usually hands out prizes and cheques to all the Nobel winners at a banquet on 10 December.<\/p>\n

Asked in an interview with Britain\u2019s Daily Telegraph newspaper published late Friday if he would turn up, he said: \u2018Absolutely. If it\u2019s at all possible.\u2019<\/p>\n

Dylan told the paper that the award was \u2018amazing, incredible\u2019, saying: \u2018It\u2019s hard to believe.\u2019<\/p>\n

He added: \u2018Whoever dreams about something like that?\u2019<\/p>\n

Asked why he did not respond to the academy\u2019s calls, Dylan said: \u2018Well, I\u2019m right here.\u2019<\/p>\n

Dylan, whose lyrics have influenced generations of fans, is the first songwriter to win the literature prize.- AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bob Dylan has finally accepted his Nobel prize for literature, the Swedish Academy that awards it said on Friday, breaking his silence on the win that he said left him \u2018speechless\u2019. Asked \u2018if I accept the prize? Of course\u2019, the US singer-songwriter said in a call to the academy this week, around a fortnight after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n