Bob Dylan Awarded Pulitzer Prize
Legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize.
Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman received a “Special Citation” award from the Pulitzer Board which cited “his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power.”
For more than fifty years, Bob Dylan has been a popular figure in American music and culture. Dylan incorporated politics, religion and literary influences into his lyrics, transcending social conventions to create his own style of music, with many of his songs becoming anthems for the counterculture.
View the complete list of Pulizer Prize winners at pulitzer.org.
View Bob Dylan’s 1963 performance of “Blowin’ in the Wind” below. The song would go on to become a popular anti-war anthem.
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