The 2016 Nobel Prizes were awarded by the Nobel Foundation, based in Sweden. Six categories were awarded: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences.
Nobel Week took place from December 6 to 12, including programming such as lectures, dialogues, and discussions. The award ceremony and banquet for the Peace Prize were scheduled in Oslo on December 10, while the award ceremony and banquet for all other categories were scheduled for the same day in Stockholm.
Controversies.
Literature.
Dylan's award for the Literature Prize was questioned; some stated that it was done out of Dylan's popularity rather than any virtuosic quality about his work, while others found that giving the award to a songwriter-musician diminished its reputation. Karl Ove Knausgård told "The Guardian": "I'm very divided. I love that the Nobel committee opens up for other kinds of literature—lyrics and so on. I think that's brilliant. But knowing that Dylan is the same generation as Thomas Pynchon, Philip Roth, Cormac McCarthy, makes it very difficult for me to accept it."