The Nobel award is the latest accolade for a singer who has come a long way from his humble beginnings as Robert Allen Zimmerman, born in 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, who taught himself to play the harmonica, guitar and piano.
Dilans, kura īstais vārds ir Roberts Alens Cimermans, dzimis 1941.gadā Minesotas štatā. Mutes harmoniku, ģitāras un klavierspēli viņš apguva pašmācības ceļā.