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Bob Dylan
speaks onstage at the 25th
anniversary
MusiCares 2015 Person Of The Year Gala at the Los Angeles Convention Center on
Feb. 6, 2015 in Los Angeles.
After months
of will-he-or-won't-he suspense, it appears the matter has finally been
settled: Bob Dylan will physically accept his Nobel Prize for Literature this
weekend
(April 1-2), when he arrives in Sweden to perform at a pair of Stockholm dates.
(April 1-2), when he arrives in Sweden to perform at a pair of Stockholm dates.
Professor Sara
Danius, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, confirmed Dylan's
involvement in a blog entry on Wednesday (Mar. 29), entitled "Good News
About Dylan." "The Swedish Academy is very much looking forward to
the weekend and will show up at one of the performances," she writes.
"Please note that no Nobel Lecture will be held. The Academy has reason to
believe that a taped version will be sent at a later point."
In December,
Dylan informally accepted the award, submitting a speech assuring that he was
"honored to be receiving such a prestigious prize" and that for him
to "join the names on such a list [of Nobel Prize recipients] is truly
beyond words." However, as the BBCpoints out, for him to actually receive
the cash prize of 8 million kroner (roughly $900,000 American), he must
actually deliver a lecture by June, or forfeit the money. (Giving a pre-taped
lecture is not unprecedented -- Darius cites Alice Munro's 2013 address as the
latest one to be recorded ahead of time.)
Danius goes on
to explain that the meet-up will likely be one of minimal spectacle: "The
setting will be small and intimate, and no media will be present; only Bob
Dylan and members of the Academy will attend, all according to Dylan’s
wishes."
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