Dylan stays silent on his Nobel prize

STOCKHOLM — Five days after Bob Dylan was named the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, no one knows how he feels about the prestigious award, not even the Nobel judges.

The Swedish Academy, which bestows the annual honour, said it hasn’t been able to reach Dylan since the award was announced last Thursday.

The academy hopes he will accept the invitation to collect his award at the annual Nobel ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10.

Only two people have declined a Nobel Prize in literature. Boris Pasternak did so under pressure from Soviet authorities in 1958 and Jean-Paul Sartre, who declined all official honours, turned it down in 1964.

Dylan, currently on tour in the United States, hasn’t mentioned the Nobel Prize during his concerts since the announcement.

On Tuesday, his official webpage made no mention of the prize except in the “books” section, where a post dated Oct. 17 about his lyrics collection The Lyrics: 1961-2012 noted in all caps that he was a Nobel Prize winner.