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The notoriously media-shy Dylan said three weeks ago he would
accept the 8 million crown ($870,000) prize, after repeated
attempts by the award-giving academy to contact him since it
named him as the winner on Oct. 13.
The Academy said on its website that it had received a letter
from Dylan explaining that due to "pre-existing commitments" he
was unable to travel to Stockholm in December.
"We look forward to Bob Dylan's Nobel Lecture, which he must
give – it is the only requirement – within six months counting
from December 10," it said in a statement, adding that it would
provide additional information on Friday Nov. 18.
The lecture need not be delivered in Stockholm. When British
novelist Doris Lessing was awarded the Nobel literature prize in
2007, she composed a lecture and sent it to her Swedish
publisher, who read it out at a ceremony in the Swedish capital.
Other Nobel Prize winners who have not attended the prize
ceremony include Britain's Harold Pinter and Elfriede Jelinek of
Austria.
The ceremony is planned to be held on Dec. 10.
(Reporting by Helena Soderpalm; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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