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| Bob Dylan Photo by Ken Regan Poster by T.A. |
Women on Bob Dylan
As Bob Dylan becomes the first singer-songwriter to be awarded the Nobel prize for literature, five female artists salute his genius
Illustration by Malika Favre
Sunday 16 October 2016 09.15 BST
Sunday 16 October 2016 09.15 BST
Suzanne Vega, singer-songwriter: ‘I see goddesses and queens and women revered in his music’
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| Suzanne Vega by Pal Hansen |
I am thrilled for Bob Dylan and I think it’s very appropriate that he’s being praised for the literary excellence of his work. The citation credits him with having created “new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition” and that’s exactly what he’s done. He’s not being honoured as a musician but for the depth and breadth of his vision and the eloquence of the language with which he expresses it. He has every literary device in his songs: character, narrative, style.
