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'Speechless' Bob Dylan finally accepts Nobel Prize

Saturday, 29 Oct 2016 06:39:17

Bob Dylan had not made any comment on prize, despite repeated attempts to contact him. (AP: File)

American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature earlier this month, has told the Swedish Academy he will accept the prize.

The notoriously media-shy Dylan had not made any comment on the 8 million crown ($AU1.5 million) prize, despite repeated attempts by award-givers the Swedish Academy to contact him since it named him as the winner on October 13.

The Nobel Foundation said in a statement that Dylan this week told Sara Danius, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, that he would accept the prize.

"The news about the Nobel Prize left me speechless," Dylan said, according to a statement from the Nobel Foundation.

"I appreciate the honour so much."

The committee that awarded the Nobel Prize to Dylan had said it was up to him whether to attend the prize-giving ceremony later this year or not.

"It has not yet been decided if Bob Dylan will attend any events during the Nobel Week in Stockholm in December," the Nobel Foundation said on Friday.

"The Nobel Foundation will share information as soon as it is available."

Separately, Dylan told the Telegraph that if he could attend the Nobel Prize ceremony he would.

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