Like a Rolling Stone , Tangled Up in Blue , Blowin ’ in the Wind , andThe Times They Are a - Changin’are amongBob Dylan ’s best songs , but the 77 - year - onetime vocalist ’s writing is n’t limited to lyrics . Dylan has also indite poems , prose , an autobiography , and a nearly four - hourmovie(that got terrible limited review ) .
An ongoing case at Chicago ’s American Writers Museum is pay homage to Dylan thewriter . The " Bob Dylan : Electric"exhibit , which will remain on view though April 30 , 2019 , highlights twelve of token from Dylan ’s expansive career .
“ The humankind knows Bob Dylan as a fertile ballad maker , ” museum president Carey Cranston said in astatement . “ ' Bob Dylan : Electric ’ dedicate the public a luck to see how his piece of writing shaped more than just Americanmusic , but American literature as a whole . ”
The catamenia cover Dylan ’s “ electric ” career , beginning with the sentence he made his electric guitar debut at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival . The accurate instrument he played at the festival — a 1964 sunburst Fender Stratocaster — is naturally one of the items on exhibit .
visitor can also check out Dylan ’s personal copy ofThe Catcher in the Rye , which he read in the summer of 1961 . He jot down notes and drew doodles in the back of the book , including a bottle of rye and the parole “ good record book . ” ( Interestingly enough , a talent factor approached Dylan the following year and asked if he ’d trifle Holden Caulfield in a moving picture adaptation of the Word of God . For good or bad , that never total to fruition . )
Dylan ’s writing was spot with a Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016 . At the clock time , the committee ’s decision to present a songwriter rather than a novelist was a controversial one . The New York Timesdubbed ita “ disappointing pick , ” while Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh ( author ofTrainspotting ) was a little more blunt , calling it“an ill - conceptualise nostalgia award wrench from the rancid prostate gland of senile , prattle flower child . ”
however , Dylan accept the honor , eventually releasing avideodetailing his literary influence . Moby - Dick , All Quiet on the Western Front , andThe Odysseyare just a few of the singer - songwriter ’s many inspirations .
