US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan says he accepts his Nobel Prize in literature, ending a silence since being awarded the prize earlier this month.<\/p>\n
He said the honour had left him “speechless”, the Nobel Foundation said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The foundation said it had not yet been decided if the singer would attend the awards ceremony in December.<\/p>\n
However, Dylan reportedly told a UK newspaper he intended to pick up the award in person “if at all possible”.<\/p>\n
The award to the star was announced on 13 October “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.<\/p>\n
However, his failure to acknowledge it raised eyebrows.
\nLast week, a member of the Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel prizes, described his silence as “impolite and arrogant”.<\/p>\n
But on Friday, the Nobel Foundation said Dylan had called Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, telling her: “The news about the Nobel Prize left me speechless. I appreciate the honour so much.”<\/p>\n
Although the statement said it was unclear if Dylan would attend the prize-giving banquet in Stockholm, the UK’s Daily Telegraph quoted him as saying: “Absolutely. If it’s at all possible.”<\/p>\n
In an interview with the paper he described the prize as “amazing, incredible”.<\/p>\n
“It’s hard to believe. Whoever dreams about something like that?” the paper quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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