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[ Bob Dylan] should let the Nobel Prize Committee know if he is accepting it or not. He will not be the first one who declines the prize for political or personal reasons. He should just tell them.

Bob

Firsts

Political

[Bob Dylan] builds his lyrics, of course, from personal experience, but it’s also a literary work. He draws heavily on his knowledge of American lyric tradition as well as European modernism. But he should let the Nobel Prize Committee know if he is accepting it or not.

Accepting

Bob

Tradition

[Bob Dylan] is a worthy laureate for the Nobel Prize.

Bob

Nobel

Worthy

A great number of tourists have been flocking Iceland and those numbers are growing every year. That also raises questions like “How do we receive people?” and “How do we present our country?”

Country

Iceland

Years

All authors secretly hope that their works will be read in 100 years’ time and 200 years, and that they will somehow survive into the future.

Years

Bjork is one of my oldest friends so we share the friendship and common roots. That is what we build on when we work together.

Common

Roots

Working Together

I do quite extensive research for most of my novels.

Novel

Research

I followed the launch of the library with Margaret Atwood and then David Mitchell. I just sat quietly at home secretly envying them. Then just over a month ago she asked me if I would like to be the third author to join the library.

Home

Library

Months

I have seen the universe! It is made of poems!

Made

Universe

I have to face questions like, “Do I simply write the best text I possibly can? Do I specifically engage with contemporary issues? ‘Do I consciously try to write something that is timeless?”

Issues

Trying

Writing

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Accepting

Answers

Bob

Chance

Common

Complicated

Country

Creative

Deep Thought

Everyday

Firsts

Home

Iceland

Ideas

Issues

Kids

Language

Library

Life Is

Literary Works

Literature

Made

Months

Museums

Nobel

Novel

People

Political

Reading

Research

Roots

Simple

Tables

Taken

Tradition

Trying

Two

Universe

Use

Way

Working Together

Worthy

Writing

Written

Years

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Quotes by Sjon

Sjon

[ Bob Dylan] should let the Nobel Prize Committee know if he is accepting it or not. He will not be the first one who declines the prize for political or personal reasons. He should just tell them.

[Bob Dylan] builds his lyrics, of course, from personal experience, but it’s also a literary work. He draws heavily on his knowledge of American lyric tradition as well as European modernism. But he should let the Nobel Prize Committee know if he is accepting it or not.

[Bob Dylan] is a worthy laureate for the Nobel Prize.

A great number of tourists have been flocking Iceland and those numbers are growing every year. That also raises questions like “How do we receive people?” and “How do we present our country?”

All authors secretly hope that their works will be read in 100 years’ time and 200 years, and that they will somehow survive into the future.

Bjork is one of my oldest friends so we share the friendship and common roots. That is what we build on when we work together.

I do quite extensive research for most of my novels.

I followed the launch of the library with Margaret Atwood and then David Mitchell. I just sat quietly at home secretly envying them. Then just over a month ago she asked me if I would like to be the third author to join the library.

I have seen the universe! It is made of poems!

I have to face questions like, “Do I simply write the best text I possibly can? Do I specifically engage with contemporary issues? ‘Do I consciously try to write something that is timeless?”

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