Bob Dylan Wins First Pulitzer For Rock

How does it feel to share the limelight with rock legend Bob Dylan?

This year’s Pulitzer Prizes in honored two musical innovators who tend to reject categorization: A special citation went to singer-songwriter Dylan, and the annual music award went to composer and Los Angeles native David Lang.

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In an interview Monday, Lang enthusiastically mixed metaphors: “You know, I am not fit to touch the hem of his shoes. Bob Dylan is the only artist who’s in heavy rotation in my household.”
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