He's the first singer/songwriter to win a Nobel Prize.
Now Bob Dylan can add a Nobel Prize (!) to his long list of accolades.
The Swedish Academy recognized Dylan "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," according to NPR.
The award, which is typically given to novelists and poets, hasn't been awarded to an American since Toni Morrison won in 1993.
He's particularly being recognized for his influential body of works from classic albums like Highway 61 Revisited and Blood On The Tracks to his books including Writings and Drawings and Chronicles.
"He is a great poet in the English-speaking tradition, and he is a wonderful sampler — a very original sampler," said the Academy's Sara Danius to NPR. "For 54 years now he has been at it and reinventing himself, constantly creating a new identity."
