American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday. The Swedish Academy said it chose Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” Some people were excited to see the news. Author Salman Rushdie called Dylan a “great choice.” U.S. President Barack Obama congratulated Dylan on Twitter. He described Dylan as one of his favorite poets. Others were not sure that a famous and successful musician needed to win a literature prize for his work. They thought the Academy should have picked a writer who would gain new readers because of the award. Writer Hari Kunzru tweeted: “we all know his records already.” The Nobel Prize in Literature is worth $906,000.
Title: Singer Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Literature Prize
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1440/Bob_Dylan_Nobel.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Singer Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Literature Prize' data-article-id='1941'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='22646'>American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday.</span> <span data-start-time='22646' data-end-time='34188'>The Swedish Academy said it chose Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”</span> <span data-start-time='34188' data-end-time='38542'>Some people were excited to see the news.</span> <span data-start-time='38542' data-end-time='44458'>Author Salman Rushdie called Dylan a “great choice.”</span> <span data-start-time='44458' data-end-time='51000'>U.S. President Barack Obama congratulated Dylan on Twitter.</span> <span data-start-time='51000' data-end-time='55854'>He described Dylan as one of his favorite poets.</span> <span data-start-time='55854' data-end-time='65208'>Others were not sure that a famous and successful musician needed to win a literature prize for his work.</span> <span data-start-time='65208' data-end-time='73396'>They thought the Academy should have picked a writer who would gain new readers because of the award.</span> <span data-start-time='73396' data-end-time='79938'>Writer Hari Kunzru tweeted: “we all know his records already.”</span> <span data-start-time='79938' data-end-time='86542'>The Nobel Prize in Literature is worth $906,000.</span> </p></div><div 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