Nobel winner Bob Dylan in pictures

Published: Oct 12, 2016, 20:52 IST | Updated: Oct 12, 2016, 20:52 IST

The US singer-songwriter was awarded the Nobel prize for Literature on October 13, 2016, 'for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition'. He is the first ever songwriter to win the prestigious award

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American electric folk singer-songwriter Bob Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota May 24, 1941.

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Dylan's album John Wesley Harding released in 1967, with the song 'All Along the Watchtower'. The song later went on to become one of America's all-t

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Dylan's thirtieth studio album 'Time Out of my Mind' released in 1997.

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This file photo taken on February 27, 2002 shows US singer Bob Dylan (L) performing at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

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This file photo taken on April 25, 2011 shows US poet and folk singer Bob Dylan performing during the Bluesfest music festival near Byron Bay.

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An album of holiday songs 'Christmas in the Heart' was released in 2009. The royalties from sales of these recordings were donated.

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President Barack Obama presented the country's highest civilian honour Presidential Medal of Freedom to US musician Bob Dylan in 2012.

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The Fender Stratocaster electric guitar played by musician Bob Dylan on July 25, 1965 at Newport Folk Festival.

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Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra and his team paint a 60 foot by 150 foot mural of musician Bob Dylan on the side of a building on August 28, 2015 in M

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