"For creating new
poetic expressions within the great tradition of American song"
With this motivation
the Swedish Academy awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2016 to
singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.
I am an admirer of the
American singer-songwriter for a long time. I have worked since the early seventies in the translation
of his songs.
I considered his lyrics
highly poetic, dreamlike and visionary as befits a great poet.
I ‘m talking not only of Blowing in the Wind,
The times are changing and Mr Tambourine Man.
I’m talking about much of its poetic production.
But I must confess that
as a young man did not consider him a great musician, but a minstrel (in the
best and highest of the possible meanings).
Today perhaps my
judgment on its stylistic musician figure should be revised.
Nevertheless I prefer
to continue to consider as a great poet.
For decades I wanted to see in our school anthologies lyrics by Bob Dylan, Fabrizio De Andrè, Francesco De
Gregory, Leo Ferre and many others; I say this has to be done without taking away Leopardi , Carducci , Pascoli and D'Annunzio (Leopardi in particular is my
favorite poet).
I’m only saying that the anthologies of where our boys study should
be updated allowing the entry of these
new poets.
Perhaps with the Nobel
literature to Bob Dylan, something is going to change.
Finally.
