Bob Dylan
b. 1941 · United States · Literature
Nobel Prize in Literature, 2016
First songwriter awarded the literature Nobel.
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Who shaped Bob Dylan, and who they shaped
Inherited from1
- Walt Whitman
1819 – 1892 · Literature
The American vernacular catalogue is the line Dylan's songwriting extends.
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- 1.Nobel Prize record — Nobel Prize in Literature, 2016
The Nobel Foundation · Primary source
- 2.Primary texts and first editions by or about Bob Dylan
Internet Archive · Primary source
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WorldCat (OCLC) · Archive
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