The Swedish Academy said, US music icon and song writer Bob Dylan, winner of Nobel prize for literature will skip the Nobel ceremony citing he has "other commitments”. The ceremony is scheduled to be held in December.

The academy said in a statement, "The Swedish Academy received a personal letter from Bob Dylan yesterday where he explained that he could not make himself available in December and leave to Stockholm to accept the Nobel prize in literature."

"He wishes that he could accept the award personally, but other commitments make it unfortunately impossible. He underlined that he feels incredibly honored by the Nobel prize," it added.

Several other prize winners, who have skipped the Nobel ceremony for various reasons in the past, Harold Pinter, because he was hospitalized, Doris Lessing, who was too old, and Elfriede Jelinek, who has social phobia.

"We look forward to Bob Dylan's Nobel lecture, which he must carry out it is the only requirement within six months starting from December 10, 2016," the academy added.

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