Bob Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota, is an American singer-songwriter who became a central figure of the 1960s folk revival after moving to New York City in 1961. His lyrically sophisticated songwriting, spanning folk, rock, country, and gospel, produced protest anthems that came to define the civil rights and antiwar movements.

Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature for creating new poetic expressions within the American song tradition, and is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee widely regarded as one of the most influential songwriters in popular music history.

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