Nobel Prize in Literature Committee abandons efforts to contact Bob Dylan

October 20, 2016

On Monday,, permanent secretary of the at the , publicly announced during a radio program on  in  the committee, unable to reach  directly about winning the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, had abandoned its efforts to reach him. Danius said,

Numerous news outlets reported Dylan remained silent about the prize at recent concerts in the, but several speculated the artist was offering a response by renditions of certain songs, such as "" and "Why Try to Change Me Now."

Regardless of the singer/songwriter's reticence about the prize, Danius stated,

On Tuesday, reported the Nobel award was recognized in a post on Dylan's official  page.