Bob Dylan Accepts His Nobel Prize For Literature

New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The Nobel Foundation has announced that Bob Dylan called the Swedish Academy earlier this week to accept the Nobel Prize in Literature. This comes after Dylan's recent interview with The Telegraph, where he finally acknowledged the Nobel Prize, and said he "absolutely" wants to attend the December 10 ceremony "if it all possible."
You can read the Nobel Foundation's full announcement below:

Bob Dylan: "If I accept the prize? Of course."

On 13 October, 2016, the Swedish Academy announced that this year's Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Bob Dylan "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".

This week Bob Dylan called the Swedish Academy. "The news about the Nobel Prize left me speechless", he told Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy. "I appreciate the honor so much."

It has not yet been decided if Bob Dylan will attend any events during the Nobel Week in Stockholm in December. The Nobel Foundation will share information as soon as it is available.