I think E.M.Forster should have won one, he was nominated for 16 times or something (can’t remember the exact number), and I really like his style. His stories might not be very creative plot-wise, but I like the themes he dealt with and the subtlety in his writing, and I always find his characters’ thoughts and emotions so relatable, in a ‘that’s exactly what I want to say only I couldn’t express it so well’ sort of way. My favourite novel by him is A Room with a View, and I’ll always have a soft spot for George and Lucy and Florence.
Dylan’s work is going to outlast nearly everyone who has one the prize, and is undoubtedly the most engaged with. He deserved to win.
Dylan works in an art form that is different from literature. You may love his lyrics, but they work because they’re set to music, not because they are particularly great poetry