# Who is the world's best-known living author?  The best regarded?

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**Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-worlds-best-known-living-author-the-best-regarded/669880/44 "2013-09-29T18:29:51Z")

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> [@WordMan](#):
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> The NYTimes has an editorial today arguing for Bob Dylan to win the Nobel.

Yes, I saw that this morning. It’s ridiculous. Whatever one thinks of Bob Dylan, and of the literary merit of his lyrics, song lyrics are outside the scope of consideration for the Nobel in literature. It’s just a different thing.

And, in any case, right off the top of my head, I could name a half-dozen (at least) songwriters who were better lyricists than Dylan.

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