Bob Dylan, Pulitzer Prize winner

[Billster]

Read all about it!

 

 

NEW YORK - Thanks to Bob Dylan, rock 'n' roll has finally broken through the Pulitzer wall. Dylan, the most acclaimed and influential songwriter of the past half century, who more than anyone brought rock from the streets to the lecture hall, received an honorary Pulitzer Prize on Monday, cited for his "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."

 

[rasputin1963]

Ever-body muss git stawned!

[Lee Knight]

That's a big deal I think. The award goes to literary and musical compositional achievement. And has never been given to a pop artist. How huge is that? This is not the Grammys or the R&R Hall of Fame. It's the Pulitzer!

 

And it makes sense to me.

[spokenward]

Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,

To be stuck inside of Mobile

With the Memphis blues again.

[Billster]

 

That's a big deal I think. The award goes to literary and musical compositional achievement. And has never been given to a pop artist. How huge is that? This is not the Grammys or the R&R Hall of Fame. It's the Pulitzer! And it makes sense to me.

 

 

I see that it's a "Special Citation", to go along with his Grammy being a lifetime achievement award (in 1991!).

 

How many people have Grammy Award, Academy Award, and a Pulitzer?

[rasputin1963]