Bob Dylan at French Légion d'Honneur awarded set

PARIS (Reuters) - singer Bob Dylan soon granted France's highest award, the Légion d'honneur are after his nomination reportedly first about his marijuana use and resistance against the Viet Nam war out was thrown.

Green light given by the Légion d'honneur Council means that French Culture Minister Dylan - a symbol of the counterculture of the 1960s - may soon adorn with the five-pointed star of the upper order "Chevalier".

He would be the rows of singers such as Paul McCartney, Britain's and France's Charles Aznavour, so honored.

The 17-member Council determines whether the nominations of Government Ministers presented the institution meet principles. The great Chancellor, Jean-Louis Georgelin, confirmed that it had accepted Dylan's nomination.

In a letter to the daily Le Monde published on Sunday, called Orgelin of the singer's "outstanding artist" in the United States and internationally as "Great singers and great poet" known.

Satirical a Le canard enchaîné reported in May that Orgelin Dylan had refused nomination on the basis of his opposition to the war in Viet Nam, where France was a former colonial power and its alleged pot-smoking.

Le Monde as Orgelin acknowledged he originally, nomination thrown and cited it as a "controversy", but no further address what.

The Ministry of culture return a call seeking comment did not immediately.

Dylan's ballads such as "Blowing in the Wind" was the civil rights and the anti-war movement in the United States, while the musical innovation and cynical lyrics of "Like a Rolling Stone" established him as an icon of the counterculture.

Culture Minister Aurelie Filipetti had nominated Dylan-, which in 1990 was given a lower rank of the award - the highest award "Chevalier".

The singer was awarded the highest civilian honor in the United States, the Presidential Medal of freedom in may 2012.

(Message by Alexandria Sage;) (Editing by Pravin char)