Dylan To Receive Highest US Civilian Honour
The singer will get the Medal Of Freedom
The BBC reports that he is being recognised alongside former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, John Glenn, the third American in space, and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison.
President Obama will award the medals at the White House in the coming weeks.
In a statement, he said: "They've challenged us, they've inspired us and they've made the world a better place."