The notoriously media-shy Dylan had not made any comment on
the 8 million crown ($900,000) prize, despite repeated attempts
by award-givers the Swedish Academy to contact him since it
named him as the winner on Oct. 13.
The Nobel Foundation said in a statement that Dylan this week
told Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy,
that he now accepts the prize. ( http://bit.ly/2eEwvTA )
The committee that awarded the Nobel Prize to Dylan had said it
was up to him whether to attend the prize-giving ceremony later
this year or not.
"It has not yet been decided if Bob Dylan will attend any events
during the Nobel Week in Stockholm in December," the Nobel
Foundation said on Friday.
"The Nobel Foundation will share information as soon as it is
available."
Separately, Dylan told British daily the Telegraph in an
interview that he will be at Nobel Prize ceremony, if he can.
(http://bit.ly/2eEqbv1)
(Reporting by Subrat Patnaik in Bengaluru)
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