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To classify someone as the greatest genius of a particular century, in any category, is a quite massive notation. One needs to look over the accomplishments of various highly lauded people in that category. You would have to examine the quality & quantity of what they produced (in this case in the arts), +the recognitions & awards granted.
In the 20th century, there have been a number of significant artists of various art forms. In American popular music, there is Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, etc. In worldwide graphic arts, there was Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso (both Spaniards) & Warhol. In literature, there was Steinbeck, Hemingway, O'Neill, Margaret Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis & William Faulkner. Poets Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg.
Wow. Lots of competition at high levels. And this is a very abbreviated list.
There is much to be said however that Bob Dylan by both quantity (63 years up to now) & quality is to the arts what Thomas Edison was to science. Incomparable genius.
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In the 20th century, there have been a number of significant artists of various art forms. In American popular music, there is Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, etc. In worldwide graphic arts, there was Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso (both Spaniards) & Warhol. In literature, there was Steinbeck, Hemingway, O'Neill, Margaret Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis & William Faulkner. Poets Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg.
Wow. Lots of competition at high levels. And this is a very abbreviated list.
There is much to be said however that Bob Dylan by both quantity (63 years up to now) & quality is to the arts what Thomas Edison was to science. Incomparable genius.
Judge for yourselves >> In addition to the
- 40 albums recorded (containing about 500 densely packed poem-songs).
- Invented rap music 10 years before it is claimed to have started. Examples > Its All right Ma..., Subterranean Homesick Blues, et al
- hundreds of paintings which have been displayed in various art galleries & museums across Europe, in the US, and in China.
- sculptor, Dylan has had various exhibitions of his welded metal sculpture displayed in England, France & the US.
- with books, Dylan has published Tarantula, a work of prose poetry; Chronicles: Volume One, the first part of his memoirs; several books of the lyrics of his songs, and ten books of his art. Dylan's third full length book, The Philosophy of Modern Song, which contains 66 essays on songs by other artists, was published on November 1, 2022. Dylan has also been the subject of numerous biographies and critical studies, including the recent
- movies - most recently the biography "A Complete Unknown" (which surely does not describe Bob Dylan)
- inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame.
- a Kennedy Center Honor in the East Room of the White House
- May 2000, received the Polar Music Prize from Sweden's King Carl XVI
- In June 2007, received the Prince of Asturias Award in the Arts category
- In 2008, the Pulitzer Prize jury awarded him a special citation for "his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power".
- received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in May 2012. President Barack Obama, presenting Dylan with the award
- November 2013, Dylan was awarded France's highest honor, the Légion d'Honneur,
- February 2015, Dylan accepted the MusiCares Person of the Year award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, in recognition of his philanthropic and artistic contributions.
- In 1996, Gordon Ball of the Virginia Military Institute nominated Dylan for the Nobel Prize in Literature,
- On October 13, 2016, the Nobel committee awarded Dylan the Nobel Prize "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".
- Bob Dylan Center | Tulsa, OK
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Bob Dylan - Wikipedia
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