Bob Dylan

A great American singer-songwriter who came to prominence in the '60s, he would become, if not the voice of his generation, at least the composer of its soundtrack. His voice was, in its prime, perhaps the greatest musical instrument in all of history. Dylan's lyrics have earned him favorable comparison to such literary giants such as Milton, Donne, Tennyson and others (see Dylan's Visions of Sin by Professor of Poetry Sir Christopher Ricks). He is of the type of artist which the world will get once every few hundred years. Though most reading this dictionary will have missed the Age of Shakespeare, they may take comfort in knowing that they've lived in the Age of Dylan.