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Dylan is of course enormously influential. Springsteen, who
referred to him as "The Father of My Country” in his new
Born To Run memoir, is one of many who were once
known as "New Dylans.” Every singer-songwriter with a
personal story to tell owes him a debt, and hearing the
above lines read or sung aloud, with their knack for internal
rhyme, call up inevitable parallels to the dense playful
language of rap.
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The Nobel is given for a body of work, and comes with a
prize of 8 million Swedish kronor, which translates into
approximately $900,000.