BB FYI Bob Dylan Wins Spain's Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts
By Mark Beech
June 13 (Bloomberg) -- Bob Dylan has won Spain's 2007 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts.
The U.S. singer-songwriter is ``a guiding light for a generation that dreamed to change the world,'' said the jury. ``Dylan, with an austere manner and profound messages, combines music and poetry in an oeuvre that has gathered a large following and which determines the sentimental education of many millions of people.''
The foundation, based in Oviedo, northern Spain, was founded in 1980 by the heir to the Spanish throne, Prince Felipe de Borbon y Grecia. Each award is for 50,000 euros ($66,525) and comes with a sculpture by Joan Miro, according to the foundation's Web site.
Dylan, 66, has sold more than 100 million albums, won Grammy awards and an Oscar, and was the writer of ``Blowin' in the Wind'' and ``The Times They Are A-Changin'.''
The awards ceremony is set to take place later this year.
Previous winners of the arts prize include film directors Petro Almodovar and Woody Allen.
The organizers announced on June 6 that the 2007 Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation was going to Al Gore, the former U.S. vice president, for his contribution to raising awareness about climate change.
The other categories of the annual Asturias awards are for social sciences, communication, sport, literature, international relations, science and technology.
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Bob Dylan Wins Spain's Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts
By Mark Beech
June 13 (Bloomberg) -- Bob Dylan has won Spain's 2007 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts.
The U.S. singer-songwriter is ``a guiding light for a generation that dreamed to change the world,'' said the jury. ``Dylan, with an austere manner and profound messages, combines music and poetry in an oeuvre that has gathered a large following and which determines the sentimental education of many millions of people.''
The foundation, based in Oviedo, northern Spain, was founded in 1980 by the heir to the Spanish throne, Prince Felipe de Borbon y Grecia. Each award is for 50,000 euros ($66,525) and comes with a sculpture by Joan Miro, according to the foundation's Web site.
Dylan, 66, has sold more than 100 million albums, won Grammy awards and an Oscar, and was the writer of ``Blowin' in the Wind'' and ``The Times They Are A-Changin'.''
The awards ceremony is set to take place later this year.
Previous winners of the arts prize include film directors Petro Almodovar and Woody Allen.
The organizers announced on June 6 that the 2007 Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation was going to Al Gore, the former U.S. vice president, for his contribution to raising awareness about climate change.
The other categories of the annual Asturias awards are for social sciences, communication, sport, literature, international relations, science and technology.
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