Bob Dylan

Also known as Bob Landy, Robert Milkwood Thomas, Tedham Porterhouse, Robert Zimmerman, Blind Boy Grunt, Jack Frost, Elston Gunn, Lucky Wilbury

amerykański muzyk i poeta, noblista

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Bob Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, is an American songwriter, film actor, poet, and guitarist. He performs using the guitar, harmonica, piano, and voice, and his work spans rock music, blues, country music, and American folk music. Dylan has been associated with Columbia Records and Asylum Records. He is also a member of the group Traveling Wilburys.

His notable works include *Hard Rain*, *Tarantula*, and the *Little Black Songbook*. Dylan has received the National Medal of Arts, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts. He is recognized in the Pulitzer Prize, Nobel Literature, Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, and Kennedy Center Honors collections. Dylan was educated at the University of Minnesota system and his archives are held at the University of Tulsa.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 24 May 1941
Works: 180

Top works

Oh how glad will you dance with me
Little Black Songbook
Hard Rain
Tarantula
Bob Dylan Banjo Chord Songbook

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Film & TV

Duluth, Minnesota, USA

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and painter. He has been a major figure in music for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler, and an apparently reluctant figurehead, of social unrest. Though he is well-known for revolutionizing perceptions of the limits of popular music in…

Known for

No Time to Think: Bob Dylan as Filmmaker — Himself (archival footage)2026
One to One: John & Yoko — Self (archive footage)2025
Newport and the Great Folk Dream — Self (archive footage)2025
John Candy: I Like Me — Self - Singer (archive footage)2025
Highway 99: A Double Album — Self [Archival]2025
The Greatest Night in Pop — Self (archive footage)2024
The Beach Boys — Self (archive footage)2024
Stepping Into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center2024
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley — Self (archive footage)2024
Song to Woody: Greenwich Village, the Folk Revival, and Bob Dylan — Self (archive footage)2024

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Literature2016
“for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Duluth
Spouse: Carolyn Dennis
Occupation: musician
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Religion: Evangelicalism
Notable work: Subterranean Homesick Blues
Participant in: Live Aid
Field of work: popular music
Genre: jazz
Instrument: nyckelharpa
Record label: Asylum Records
Discography: Bob Dylan discography
Official website: www.bobdylan.com
Image: DylanYoungKilkenny140719v2 (50 of 52) (52246124397) (cropped).jpg
Work location: New York City
Residence: Malibu
Voice type: baritone

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Commons category: Bob Dylan
date of birth: 1941-05-24
topic's main category: Category:Bob Dylan
Commons gallery: Bob Dylan
birth name: Robert Allen Zimmerman
name in native language: Robert Dylan
archives at: University of Tulsa
member of: Traveling Wilburys
pseudonym: Sergei Petrov
topic has template: Template:Bob Dylan
described by source: UbuWeb
influenced by: Robert Johnson
start of work period: 1962-00-00
copyright representative: Universal Music Group
has works in the collection: Museum of Modern Art
floruit: 1992-01-01
ethnic group: American Jews
social media followers: 428462
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
official shop URL: bobdylanstore.com
P12674: Julius Anton Glaser
P8168: bridge tender
short name: Dylan
unmarried partner: Joan Baez

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Article · Polski

Bob Dylan (ur. jako Robert Allen Zimmerman 24 maja 1941 w Duluth) – amerykański piosenkarz, kompozytor, autor tekstów, pisarz i poeta, laureat Nagrody Nobla w dziedzinie literatury w roku 2016. Jest jedną z najważniejszych postaci muzyki popularnej ostatnich sześciu dekad. Swój indywidualny styl oparł na wielu gatunkach muzycznych, od tradycyjnego amerykańskiego folku i country bluesa poprzez country do muzyki gospel, rock and rolla, rockabilly, czy angielskiej, szkockiej i irlandzkiej muzyki folkowej, a także jazzu i swingu.Występuje z gitarą akustyczną, elektryczną, keyboardem, harmonijką ustną. Wczesne utwory Boba Dylana zawierające komentarze społeczne, polityczne, filozoficzne i odwołujące się do literatury ignorowały istniejące konwencje muzyki pop, wpisując się w nurt ówczesnej kontrkultury. Twórca piosenek uznawanych za hymny pokolenia: Blowin’ in the Wind, Like a Rolling Stone i protest songów: The Times They Are a-Changin’, Hurricane. Jego twórczość była nagradzana Grammy, Oscarem, Złotym Globem, Nagrodą Pulitzera oraz Nagrodą Nobla w dziedzinie literatury. W 2009 r. otrzymał Narodowy Medal Sztuki, a w 2012 – Prezydencki Medal Wolności.

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