Awards Quote by David Bennun

[Bob] Dylan thus deserves the Nobel Prize, not just for "new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," as the Nobel committee aptly…

— Jay Michaelson

The [Nobel] award [of Bob Dylan] is no affront to literature; it is an insult to pop music. It is a condescending ruffle of…

— David Bennun

[I have] my own view about [Bob] Dylan's Nobel prize. Which is, I'm firmly in the Nay camp. I do think the award is…

— David Bennun

[Bob Dylan] is a worthy laureate for the Nobel Prize.

— Sjon

The [Nobel] prize is for literature.[Bob] Dylan is a songwriter. Here is where the argument starts to get interesting, because here is where it…

— David Bennun

The general sentiment among the Yeas is, no accolade is too high for their man; and the Nobel being, literally, the gold standard among…

— David Bennun

I think Bob Dylan showed us that songs can rise to the level of literature, and he proved it over and over again. That's…

— Mary Gauthier

There's no reason - not yet, anyway - to believe [Bob] Dylan himself endorses such an attitude; or that he would think of himself…

— David Bennun

[ Bob Dylan] should let the Nobel Prize Committee know if he is accepting it or not. He will not be the first one…

— Sjon

[Bob Dylan] builds his lyrics, of course, from personal experience, but it's also a literary work. He draws heavily on his knowledge of American…

— Sjon

I won't comment on what Bob Dylan said, but I will comment on his receiving the Nobel Prize, which to me is like pinning…

— Leonard Cohen

The same is true of ranking him thus against any work of literature. [Bob Dylan] has been made, through no fault of his own,…

— David Bennun