Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature

bd nice assessment and hard to disagree with.  his impact is huge perhaps the biggest artistic impact on the world over his time.

Simon's lyrics are of the "pretty poetry" type. Dylan's are profound, if you "get" them. ;-)

****perhaps the biggest artistic impact on the world over his time****

"Over his time" being the key distinction. Thank goodness for moderation.  

****Absolutely and by a wide margin the most significant, influential, "important" artist of the 20th Century---bar none,****

Yikes!  Appreciate the appreciation (and the artist); but, really?

Congrats, Bob!

Mapman, I think you are right, but there must be something more than that. 
Tostadosunidos, this is not about me. As you said, Bob Dylan is in the minority. I would not be completely surprised if he refused the award. He will not feel comfortable among all those people who received this award in the past. Go, Bob, do the right thing !

Bob Dylan's lyrics range from the puerile to the sublime. But when they are sublime--no one can touch him. 
He deserves the Nobel Prize.