I was in a lot of bets. And that does not mean that it is truly unheard of. The Swedish Academy has not yet been able to contact Bob Dylan, four days after awarding him the Nobel Prize in Literature, to notify him of the award.
The secretary of the institution, Sara Danius, has confirmed that the academy has been in contact with collaborators close to Dylan, but that they have not received a response from the author or the artist has not wanted to talk to them.
Danius has claimed that he has the intuition that Dylan will end up speaking out, although he doubts if in the end the American singer will attend the delivery ceremony Of the prize. In either case, the award is awarded and, although it would be very sad if the singer did not perform, it will be a great party for everyone.
On the very night of the awarding of the award, Dylan gave a concert in Las Vegas, but avoided commenting on the award at all times. However, his official Twitter account has retweeted both the announcement of the award made by the Swedish academy and the subsequent ones congratulations from the American president, Barak Obama.
Dylan's silence doesn't surprise those who know him well. As shown, the comments of a great friend of his, Bob Neuwirth, who announced that he did not expect a single comment, not a single tweet from the singer.
It should be remembered that in 1964, French philosopher Sartre rejected the Nobel Prize for Literature. And previously it was done by the Russian writer Boris Pasternak, following instructions from the Soviet authority. Will Dylan do the same?
On the Swedish radio it is reported that the Swedish Academy has already given up communicating directly to Bob Dylan his distinction with the Nobel Prize for Literature, after four days of trying to contact without success.
Es the first time a singer-songwriter has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his lyrics of their songs.