How do you feel about this year's recipient of the prize, Bob Dylan? Deserved and appropriate...or not?

Edited October 21, 20169 yr by DrmDoc

How many roads must a man come down before you call him a man

 

That's Bob Dylan.

Still, more controversy from remarks by a Nobel academy member. According this MSN article, Swedish writer Per Wastberg says Dylan's lack of response is "impolite and arrogant." The article also says Dylan isn't the only person who has ever snubbed the academy. Apparently, Albert Einstein also failed to show for his Nobel prize in physics back in 1921. Didn't he predict he'd win and promise the proceeds of that award to his wife in a divorce or separation settlement? So, do you agree with Mr. Wastberg?

Should they have contacted him before announcing it in public? Found out ahead of time if there was likely to be a problem...

 

People have said it was an odd political decision to coincide with the US elections. Perhaps he might not like to be a "pawn in the game " and considers their choice to lack sincerity,

 

If he did then he would be complicit in accepting it.

Edited October 22, 20169 yr by geordief

Should they have contacted him before announcing it in public? Found out ahead of time if there was likely to be a problem...

 

People have said it was an odd political decision to coincide with the US elections. Perhaps he might not like to be a "pawn in the game " and considers their choice to lack sincerity,

 

If he did then he would be complicit in accepting it.

 

According to the MSN article, Mr. Dylan has an aversion to media...yet he has received equally publicized awards (e.g., Presidential Medal of Freedom), which he has publicly accepted. His reticence isn't easy to understand.

I heard it on npr news as I was driving to school that morning. I was surprised by it a little, but it doesn't seem totally out of the question for me. Then again, I'm not expert in literature.