Bob Dylan awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

Bob Dylan has been awarded 2016’s Nobel Prize in Literature.

The legendary, 75-year-old songwriter has been praised for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” Rather than being awarded for a specific piece of work, the prize is given to those who’ve impacted on literature over a lifetime of writing.

Dylan is the first American to win the award since Toni Morrison, in 1993. Previous winners include Gabriel García Márquez, Jean-Paul Satre and Samuel Beckett.

The prize includes a winner’s amount of 8 million Sweden kroner, or approximately £742,000.

Watch the winner being announced below.