STOCKHOLM - Music icon Bob Dylan will not attend the Nobel ceremony in December to accept his literature prize because he has "other commitments", the Swedish Academy said on Wednesday. Bob Dylan performs at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark in 2001"The Swedish Academy received a personal letter from Bob Dylan yesterday where he explained that he could not make himself available in December...," it said in a statement. He underlined that he feels incredibly honoured by the Nobel prize," it added. Asked on October 28 by Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper if he would attend the Nobel prize winners' banquet, Dylan said: "Absolutely. French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre rejected the Nobel prize in literature in 1964, but his name is still on the list.

Source: Bangkok Post November 16, 2016 19:45 UTC