Days after winning the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, Bob Dylan still hasn't been bothered to acknowledge he won one of the most prestigious awards on the planet. In fact, after repeatedly reaching out to the singer-songwriter and getting no response, the Swedish Academy—which hands out the award—has given up trying to get ahold of Dylan.
"Right now we are doing nothing. I have called and sent emails to his closest collaborator and received very friendly replies. For now, that is certainly enough," the academy's Sara Danius told state radio SR on Monday.
At this moment, they're unsure if Dylan will even show up to receive the award in person at a ceremony on December 10, where honorees typically give a speech.
"I am not at all worried," Danius said. "I think he will show up. If he doesn't want to come, he won't come. It will be a big party in any case and the honor belongs to him."
Though he's played a number of shows since it was announced that he'd won the award on Thursday, Dylan hasn't mentioned it on the stage, either. However, he ended his concert on Thursday with a cover of Frank Sinatra's "Why Try to Change Me Now."
Regardless, he's Bob Dylan and can pretty much do whatever he wants—which includes snubbing an award that recognizes his "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition."
