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Bob Dylan: Facts & Related Content
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Facts
| Also Known As | Robert Allen Zimmerman |
|---|---|
| Born | May 24, 1941 (age 84) • Duluth • Minnesota |
| Awards And Honors | Pulitzer Prize • Nobel Prize (2016) • Presidential Medal of Freedom (2012) • Grammy Award (2006) • Grammy Award (2001) • Academy Award (2001) • Kennedy Center Honors (1997) • Grammy Award (1997) • Grammy Award (1994) • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1988) • Grammy Award (1979) • Grammy Award (1972) |
| Notable Works | “Another Side of Bob Dylan” • “Before the Flood” • “Blonde On Blonde” • “Blood on the Tracks” • “Bringing It All Back Home” • “Desire” • “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” • “John Wesley Harding” • “Nashville Skyline” • “Street-Legal” • “The Basement Tapes” • “The Times They Are A-Changin’ ” • “Time Out of Mind” |
| Subjects Of Study | “Don’t Look Back” • “No Direction Home: Bob Dylan” • “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese” |
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