Bob Dylan’s silence since being named the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature is “impolite and arrogant,” according to one of the people who helped select him for the honour.
Per Wastberg, a member of the Swedish Academy, told Swedish news outlets that the U.S. based singer-songwriter’s silence was predictable but disrespectful.
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“One can say that it is impolite and arrogant. He is who he is,” he said, according to the Associated Press.
The academy says it has failed to reach Dylan since the award announcement Oct. 13. It was mentioned on Dylan’s official Twitter and Facebook accounts.
During the announcement, he was playing a show in Las Vegas but didn’t mention the award.
Wastberg said the academy still hopes to communicate with the 75-year-old artist, whose award credits him with creating “new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”
The prize will be officially conferred Dec. 10 in Stockholm. It is not yet known whether or not he will attend.
Dylan is the first musician ever to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and is currently on tour until Nov. 23.
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*With Files from Katie Scott and The Associated Press
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