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Originally Posted by jswinden
I personally think they should keep music and literature separated, but what do you expect from a prize organization named after the inventor of dynamite. But just like most other awards organizations, the awards or the opinions of a very few people. I don't really care who wins a Nobel, Oscar, Grammy, or most any other awards based on the opinions a few people. Other than the Fickle Finger of Fate award, they are all pretty much meaningless IMO.
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Originally Posted by Poppaea
As much as I hate to admit it, but this part of your statement applies to me to.
I don't understand this decision and think it is a serious downgrading for those authors who have already received the prize.
I would have hoped there'd be a distinction between people spending years to write a book and it being literature and someone writing a song. And before everyone get up to stone me, I know how songs are written, having been friends over years or decades with some of the biggest in music ever. Still, there is a difference IMO.
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Dylan is a poet that sets his poetry to music. Unless we're disqualifying poetry as a form of literature, Dylan is deserving of this honor.