Dylan won a Nobel Prize.

Dylan will receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel Prize committee announced on October 13, 2016, "for bringing new creative expressions to the great American song tradition." According to the New York Times, Mr. Dylan, 75, is the first artist to get the honor, and his choice on Thursday is arguably the most radical in the award's history, which dates back to 1901. After earning the prize, Dylan kept quiet for a few days before telling reporter Edna Gundersen that it was "amazing, unbelievable Has anyone ever had a dream like that? ".

On June 5, 2017, the Nobel Prize website published Dylan's lecture. The New York Times said that the regulations have to be followed to get the prize's eight million Swedish kronor ($900,000). Laureates "must present a lecture within six months of the official event, which Mr. Dylan would have given by June 10," according to Swedish Academy guidelines. Danius, the secretary of the academy, said "As one may anticipate, the speech was outstanding and eloquent. Dylan's voyage is coming to an end now that the lecture has been given." Dylan discusses the effects of three novels that were significant to him in his essay: Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, and Homer's Odyssey.

For his contributions to American culture, he was also awarded a Pulitzer Prize with a special mention. He has won 10 Grammy Awards, a Presidential Medal of Freedom nomination, a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, and a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.