Nobel winner Dylan is likely in Stockholm next year
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Bob Dylan, who was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for literature but won’t be attending the prize ceremony, likely will travel to Stockholm next year and might give his Nobel Lecture then, the Swedish Academy said Friday.
Dylan likely will give a concert in the Swedish capital, offering “a perfect opportunity to deliver his lecture,” the academy said. The Swedish Academy awards the Nobel Prize for literature.
Sara Danius, the organization’s permanent secretary, told Swedish public radio Friday that the Nobel Foundation’s rules for laureate lectures are “flexible.” Dylan can deliver his as “a written speech, a spontaneous discourse, a film,” or another format of his choosing, Danius said.