American folk singer Bob Dylan won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, immediately dividing Twitter users.
The 75-year-old rock legend is the first songwriter and the first American, since 1993, to win the award in literature. The Swedish Academy’s permanent secretary Sara Danius told reporters on Thursday that the choice may appear surprising, but that Dylan deserved the award because he is “a great poet – a great poet in the English speaking tradition. For 54 years he’s been at it, reinventing himself constantly, creating a new identity,” reports the Guardian.
The news drew quick praise from users on Twitter who agreed with the Nobel Committee’s choice.
But others criticized the choice to award a songwriter with an award typically reserved for literature.
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