US legend Bob Dylan performs on stage during the Vieilles Charrues music festival on July 22, 2012 in Carhaix-Plouguer, western France (AFP Photo/Fred Tanneau)
US songwriter Bob Dylan on Thursday won the Nobel Literature Prize, the first songwriter to win the prestigious award and an announcement that surprised prize watchers.
Dylan, 75, was honoured "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," the Swedish Academy said.
