music icon and nobel literature laureate bob dylan has delivered his nobel lecture the only requirement to claim the money that comes with the prize the swedish academy said mondaythe speech is extraordinary and as one might expect eloquent now that the lecture has been delivered the dylan adventure is coming to a close sara danius the permanent secretary of the swedish academy which awards the prize wrote in a blog postin the speech sent to the academy with an audio link in which dylan reads it aloud the enigmatic rock star reflects on the possible links between his lyrics and literature read alsowhen i first received this nobel prize for literature i got to wondering exactly how my songs related to literature dylan saidhe then cited musicians who inspired him including buddy holly whose music changed my life and made him want to write songs when he was a teenager and the classic novels that made a big impression on him including moby dick all quiet on the western front and the odysseydylan is the first songwriter to win the prestigious nobel literature prize the lecture can take nearly any form including a short speech a performance a video broadcast or even a song and must be held within six months of december 10 the date of the nobel prize ceremony and the anniversary of the death of the prizes founder alfred nobeldylan will be able to claim the eight million kronor 819000 euros 923000 associated with the prize he was honoured for having created new poetic expressions within the great american song tradition the academy said when it announced dylan as the winner in october 0057bob dylan finally accepts his 2016 nobel prize in literature