Dylan won't go to Sweden for Nobel Prize

Master versifier Bob Dylan, 75, the first pop singer ever to win the Nobel Prize for literature, has informed the Nobel committee he won't attend the Dec. 10 award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.

"He wishes he could receive the prize personally, but other commitments make it unfortunately impossible," the Swedish Academy announced on Wednesday.

But Dylan isn't doing a Jean-Paul Sartre: Unlike the French philosopher who refused to accept the 1964 award for literature on principle, Dylan says he's overjoyed - after stonewalling the media for weeks.

Dylan made headlines for his apparent refusal to comment on his selection. "The news about the Nobel Prize left me speechless," he finally told the Swedish Academy. "I appreciate the honor so much."

And he told British paper the Telegraph, "Whoever dreams about something like that?" He even said he'd try to go if his schedule permitted.

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"Trump supporters are sending me messages threatening to send me & my 'ilk' to the gas chambers & writing hashtags like '#sieg hiel [sic]'," writes Rossum, who is Jewish. "NOT OK."

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