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Nobel Academy on Meeting Bob Dylan: “Spirits Were High, Champagne Was Had”

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Last weekend, Bob Dylan was officially presented with the Nobel Prize in Literature in an intimate, secret ceremony in Stockholm. Dylan was in town on tour supporting his new triple-album of standards, Triplicate, and carved out some time to meet with 12 members of the Swedish Academy, accept his medal, drink some champagne, and perform a…