"The Swedish Academy received a personal letter from Bob Dylan yesterday where he explained that he could not make himself available in December and leave to Stockholm to accept the Nobel prize in literature," it said in a statement.
"Zviedrijas akadēmija vakar no Boba Dilana saņēma personīgu vēstuli, ka viņš decembrī nevarēs atbrīvoties un doties uz Stokholmu, lai saņemtu Nobela prēmiju literatūrā," teikts akadēmijas paziņojumā.