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Musicians and writers have spoken out in support of Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize for literature. The judges in Stockholm said the 75 year old was given the award "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".

He becomes the first songwriter to win the prestigious award, but the author Irvine Welsh - who wrote Trainspotting - said it was a choice made by ageing hippies.

But the musician Billy Bragg, who鈥檚 a fan of Dylan鈥檚, said the judges had made the right call. 鈥淲ith Bob Dylan the Nobel Prize is moving into much more popular culture, to put a poet in there is not going against the tradition,鈥� he said.

鈥淚f anyone asks me about great poetry I often quote the last couple of stanzas of 鈥楾ambourine Man鈥�. They are vivid and powerful, and it stands up against the best poetry and literature,鈥� Bragg added.

This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Friday 14 October 2016.