Literature Nobel for Bob Dylan is an insult to writers: Ruskin Bond
- Bob Dylan not given the award in the right category, says Bond
- Dylan is a successful musician and a great entertainer but not a writer, he said
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"Dylan is a successful musician and a great entertainer, but I am not sure whether he was given the award in the right category," Bond said during a conversation organised as part of 'River Talks -- the North East Literary Festival' in Guwahati.
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Dylan is not really a writer and awarding the prize to him in the literature category is a "great insult to all the writers who have already received the award and also to those who rightly deserve it", the author said.
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The decision of the Nobel Committee, however, has on several occasions not been right and there is not much one can do about it, said the Padma Bhushan-winning author who has been writing for more than half a century now.
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Bond, who lives in Mussoorie and has authored over 500 short stories, essays and novels along with more than 50 books for children, said he has always tried to be a "visual writer and tried to create a picture for his readers".
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"I have been always been interested in my surroundings and I visualise a story, write it out in my mind and then express it effectively in a few words," said Bond, the author of "Night Train at Deoli", "Time stops at Shamli", "Our Trees still grow in Dehra", among others.
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He said he wrote his first book "Room on the Roof" while studying in England as he was assailed by a strong feeling of homesickness for India.