20 Vintage Photos of Bob Dylan's Legendary Career
In honor of the iconic musician's Nobel Prize.
Oct 13 2016, 12:33 pm EDT
Today, Bob Dylan made history as the first musician to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. The artist, known for his narrative folk lyricism, was credited by the Swedish Academy for "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition." In honor of his momentous achievement, take a look back at the early years of his legendary career—a time when he called New York's Greenwich Village home, when his bouffant-and-sunglasses look was just beginning to become a staple and when his classics (like "The Times They Are A-Changin'") were merely new hits.
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