BOB DYLAN, FIRST MUSICIAN AWARDED NOBEL LITERATURE PRIZE|諾貝爾文學獎 美詩人歌手巴布狄倫掄冠

The 75-year-old American singer, songwriter and poet, Bob Dylan, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Oct 13. He is the first musician to receive this award. The decision came as a surprise to many. Widely acclaimed for his anti-war music and human rights activism in the 60s, composer and poet Bob Dylan has been crowned the laureate for the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy recognized Dylan's creative achievements in the field of literature and subculture in the past 60 years. ==SARH DANIUS, Swedish Academy permanent secretary== Bob Dylan is a great poet. It's as simple as that. He's a great poet in the great English language traditions, stretching from Milton and Blake onwards. His repertoire stretches from folk songs in the Appalachians, Delta blues in the South, all the way to Rimbaud of French Modernism, and he handles this heritage in the absolutely original way. No one's ever done anything like him. Dylan has won 11 Grammy's, 1 Golden Globe, and in 2001 he received an Oscar for Best Original Song for the movie "Wonder Boys". Dylan's early songs such as "Blowing in the Wind", "The Times They Are A-Changin" were the anthems of the human rights and anti-war movements during the 60s in the United States. He has also been recognized as the spokesperson for the counter-culture movement during that time. In 1965, Dylan began transitioning from folk to rock music and has changed the traditional categorization of pop music. In the past half century, his poetry and music have inspired many, from the Beatles to Bruce Springsteen. ==STEVEN RINGS, University of Chicago== I think it's extremely exciting. I think it's a bold move for the Nobel. It's no doubt going to generate controversy over what counts as literature because it is a Nobel in Literature. Since 1997, Bob Dylan has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature for 6 times but has never been considered a strong contender. This is the first Nobel Prize in Literature for the US since Toni Morrison won 23 years ago. Renowned Japanese writer Haruki Murakami has been nominated but lost for the 7th time. However, since Murakami is 67 years old, younger than the average age of the Nobel laureates in the past decade, there is still a good chance that he may win in the future. TRANSLATED BY：CHRISTINA LIU 75歲的美國作曲家、歌手兼詩人、巴布狄倫。13號摘下2016年諾貝爾文學獎桂冠。成為第一位榮獲得這個獎項肯定的音樂人，締造歷史，也讓各界跌破眼鏡。 美國六零年代知名反戰歌手、民權運動家、作曲家、兼詩人巴布狄倫。13號又多了一項頭銜，成為2016年諾貝爾文學獎桂冠得主。瑞典學院肯定狄倫近60年的創作，不管在純文學還是次文化領域上都有卓越的成就。 ==瑞典學院常任秘書 黛妮絲== 巴布狄倫是偉大詩人 就這麼簡單 他是傳統英文書寫中的偉大詩人 他承接威廉布萊克 跟密爾頓到布萊克一脈相承 他的曲目涵蓋阿帕拉契亞人的民歌 南方三角洲藍調 到法國現代主義詩人藍波的風格 他用絕對原創的方式處理文化遺產 沒有人做過像他這樣的事情 巴布狄倫曾經拿下11座葛萊美獎、1座金球獎，並在2001年以電影天才接班人的主題曲，獲得奧斯卡最佳原創歌曲獎。 他的早期作品隨風飄盪、蛻變時節等，都是六零年代美國民權反戰運動的聖歌。他也被廣泛認為是當時美國新興反叛文化的代言人。 直到1965年巴布狄倫開始從民謠轉型搖滾，改變流行音樂的傳統分類。 半世紀以來，他的詩歌影響，每一位音樂人，從披頭四到工人皇帝史普林斯汀都深受啟發。 ==芝加哥大學音樂系教授 林斯== 這令人相當振奮 我認為這是諾貝爾 相當大膽的舉動 毫無疑問這將引發後續 對諾貝爾文學獎定義的爭論 畢竟這是諾貝爾文學獎 1997年以來，巴布狄倫已經六度被文學獎點名，但從未被認為是有力的競爭者。這也是美國相隔23多年後的第一座文學獎，上次是女作家東妮莫里森獲獎。至於每年文學獎都被點名的日本名作家村上春樹則是七度落榜。不過現年67歲的村上春樹要比近10年諾貝爾獎得主平均年齡低，未來仍有榮獲桂冠的希望。 記者陳秋玫 報導