He is the first musician ever to win the Nobel Prize in literature, and the first American to pick up the prize since novelist Toni Morrison, author of the novels Jazz, Song of Solomon, and Beloved, who won in 1993.
Tagad 75 gadus vecais Dilans kļuvis par pirmo mūziķi, kurš jebkad ieguvis Nobela prēmiju literatūrā. Viņš ir arī pirmais Nobela prēmiju literatūrā ieguvušais amerikānis kopš 1993.gada, kad prestižo balvu pasniedza rakstniecei Tonijai Morisonei.