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Add the andPOP Facebook Application(andPOP) - Bob Dylan, winner of Grammy, Golden Globe and Academy Awards, can now add another accolade to the list: a Pulitzer Prize.
The 66-year-old musician, considered by many to be the most influential songwriter of the last 50 years, received the Special Citation In Music honour Monday for his "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."
The Pulitzers are considered the U.S.'s highest honour in print journalism, literary achievements and musical composition.
It's believed to be the first time the Pulitzer board has awarded a rock 'n' roll artist, though the judges have in the past honoured classical music and, more recently, jazz.
Five decades into his career, Dylan continues to tour and release albums. His most recent, "Modern Times," was released in 2006 to wide acclaim and made Dylan the oldest person ever to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard chart.
The first part of his planned three-volume memoir, "Chronicles, Volume One," received a National Book Critics Circle nomination in 2005.
