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Good thing people are finally coming around to the genius of Bob Dylan, eh? According to the Associated Press, our boy Zimmerman has pulled down a "Special Citation in Music" from the Pulitzer Prize Board due to his "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."

A prediction: it's gonna be a long, long time before they lay another one of these on anybody who's ever used the phrase "booty call" with a reasonably straight face. Though Jamie Foxx did win an Oscar, so who knows.

In the 2008 class, Bobby joins an elite crew of newspapers, journalists, authors, poets, and other artists, though he's really in good company on this music prize thing. John Coltrane was awarded the honor last year, while Thelonius Monk grabbed it in 2006 before, and Duke Ellington took it in 1999. All in all, only 38 Pulitzer music citations have ever been given out.

Bob's got Canadian and European tours comin' at you starting in the middle of next month, and a tune on the "Heroes" soundtrack. Though, really, Pulitzer Prize recipient Bob Dylan, it is you who is the hero, and not that time-traveling hug muffin Hiro.

Goin' each and every place with a Pulitzer in his hand:

05-17 Lewistown, ME - Androscoggin Bank Coliseum
05-19 Saint John, New Brunswick - Harbour Station
05-20 Moncton, New Brunswick - Moncton Coliseum Complex
05-21 Halifax, Nova Scotia - Halifax Metro Centre
05-23 St. John's, Newfoundland - Mile One Centre
05-24 St. John's, Newfoundland - Mile One Centre
05-26 Reykjavic, Iceland - Eglishollin
05-28 Odense, Denmark - Fyn Arena
05-30 Stavanger, Norway - Viking Stadium
06-01 Helsinki, Finland - Hartwall Arena
06-03 St. Petersburg, Russia - Arena
06-04 Tallinn, Estonia - Sakey Hall
06-05 Vilnius, Lithuania - Siemens Arena
06-07 Warsaw, Poland - Stodola
06-09 Ostrava, Czech Republic - Cez Arena
06-10 Vienna, Austria - Stadthalle
06-11 Salzburg, Austria - Arena
06-13 Varazdin, Croatia - Radar Festival
06-16 Bergamo, Italy - Lazzaretta
06-18 Aosta, Italy - Castello Borgia
06-19 Grenoble, France - Palaise des Sports
06-20 Toulouse, France - Zenith
06-22 Andorra la Vella, Andorra - Campo de Futbol Muni
06-24 Zaragoza, Spain - Feria de Muestras
06-25 Pamplona, Spain - Plaza de Toros
06-27 Vigo, Spain - Recinto Ferial
06-28 Avila, Spain - Parque Natural de Gredos
07-01 Valencia, Auditorio Ciudad
07-02 Cuenca, Spain - TBA
07-04 Murcia, Spain - Plaza de Toros
07-05 Jaen, Spain - Recinto Ferial
07-06 Madrid, Spain - Rock in Rio
07-08 Jerez, Spain - Campo de Football Muni
07-10 Merida, Spain - Plaza de Toros
07-11 Lisbon, Portugal - Optimus Live