Yesterday was the scheduled day for the Nobel Prize for Literature 2016, which like every year had a long list of favorites among which was not in any case its final winner. And it is that when the secretary of the Swedish Academy, Sara Danius, has pronounced Bob Dylan As the winner of the prestigious award, everyone present and in general the whole world looked at each other in astonishment.
Robert Allen Zimmermann, Dylan's real name, is one of the best known musicians internationally and has managed to sell millions of copies of his records around the world. The academy wanted to stand out from him "His poetic experiences within the American musical tradition".
BREAKING 2016 #NobelPrize in Literature to Bob Dylan "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition" pic.twitter.com/XYkeJKRfhv
- The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 13, 2016
Precisely His status as a musician has caused a stir since for the first time in history we will not be able to enjoy the works of a Nobel Prize in Literature in a bookstore and on paper, but we must buy them in a music store and listen to them, but as they say, there must always be a first time for everything or for almost everything.
Some of Bob Dylan's lyrics are what has earned him this prestigious award. Among them, Blowin 'in the Wind or The Times They Are a-Changin stand out, which for many of us who have already combed some gray hair are authentic hymns.
Honestly and although I am a long time in love with Dylan's music, I don't think he deserves this award, despite its enormous contributions, and it is that to deserve a Nobel Prize in Literature you have to create books and stories, although we can leave this for another day in which we will reflect on whether or not this great music deserved a Nobel Prize in Literature. .