Legendary singer Bob Dylan has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature making him the first songwriter to be honoured with the award.
At 75-year-old it was said Bob Dylan was selected “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.
The first American to win since novelist Toni Morrison in 1993, President Obama said the honour was “well-deserved”.
“Congratulations to one of my favourite poets,” he wrote on Twitter.
Congratulations to one of my favorite poets, Bob Dylan, on a well-deserved Nobel. https://t.co/c9cnANWPCS
— President Obama (@POTUS) October 13, 2016
The singer is due to perform later at the Cosmopolitan hotel in Las Vegas.
An artist, innovator and poet, this will be a very popular choice around the globe.
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
