Robert Allen Zimmerman, better known as Bob Dylan, was announced last October 13 as the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature for "have created new poetic expressions in the great tradition of American song," by Sara Danius, Secretary of the Nobel Academy, who then informed Dylan endless 15 days to accept the award.
On the official site of the Academy they published part of the response of the singer: "If I accept the prize? Of course. News of the Nobel Prize left me speechless. He appreciated much this honor. "He also said that if he can will attend the ceremony in the city of Stockholm, Sweden, ceremony held for a full week in December.
Danius advantage to ask why it had taken so long to respond to what he said: "But I'm right here right?".