This is what will happen to the prize money if Bob Dylan doesn't accept his Nobel

October 25, 2016 14:11

Trust Bob Dylan to do what any person supposedly in their right mind wouldn't. It's no secret that Bob Dylan hasn't responded to him being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Yup, the musical great hasn't even acknowledged the prestigious award, set aside the fact that he is the first musician in history to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Bob's silence ever since the announcement can only mean that he doesn't care either for the award money, or the acknowledgement.

Under the Nobel rules, however, the winner must give one lecture on literature--or in Dylan's case even a concert--within six months to receive the $900,000 prize money.

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