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Pulitzer Bob


04/08/2008
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(antiMusic) The 92 annual Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday by Columbia University and while they might as well rename them the Washington Post Awards, the Pulitzer board did announce a special citation award for Bob Dylan.

They singled out Dylan "for his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power." It only took the stuffed shirts a half a century to recognize a rock artist. They tend to favor the ubber popular classical music genre.

According to a press release, "The Pulitzer Prize Board made its recommendations for the 2008 prizes when it met at Columbia University on April 3 and 4, 2008, and passed them to President Lee C. Bollinger. The Board announced that the awards would be presented at a luncheon on Thursday, May 29 at Columbia University. "

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