DYLAN'S POETRY
DID HE REALLY DESERVE TO BE AWARDED?
- A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall”: full of original and stunning metaphors, which make the song more dramatic and sad.
- hidden and deep meanings
- against war
- for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.
- a lot of his songs talk about social problems
GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS
BOB DYLAN
60s:
- Freewheelin' Bob Dylan included "Blowin' in the Wind and "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall.
- By 1964 Dylan was playing 200 concerts annually.
70s:
- Knocking On the Heaven’s door, written for the film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid.
THE REFUSAL
- Bob Dylan is surely not the first one to refuse the Nobel Price. It's still listed in his name.
- Reasons??
BOB DYLAN: WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRICE FOR LITERATURE