Patti Smith wins Sweden's Polar Music Prize

(CBS/AP) Rocker Patti Smith has won yet another award - Sweden's 2011 Polar Music Prize.

She shares the prize, Sweden's most prestigious music award, with the American string group, Kronos Quartet. The musicians will be invited to Stockholm later this year to accept the prize of 1 million kronor ($166,000).

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Typically shared by a pop artist and a classical musician, the award was founded in 1989 by Stig Anderson, manager of Swedish pop group ABBA.

The prize committee said in a statement that "by devoting her life to art in all its forms, Patti Smith has demonstrated how much rock 'n' roll there is in poetry and how much poetry there is in rock 'n roll."

The Chicago-born Smith, 64, "has transformed the way an entire generation looks, thinks, and dreams," the committee said.

Smith just won the National Book Award for her memoir "Just Kids." She was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French minister of culture in 2005 and wa sinducte dinto the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.

The Kronos Quartet, based in San Francisco, was praised for incorporating avant-garde rock and music from a variety of sources worldwide.

``For almost 40 years the Kronos Quartet has been revolutionizing the potential of the string quartet genre when it comes to both style and content,'' the committee said.

Last year's Polar Music Prize was shared by Italian composer Ennio Morricone and Icelandic singer Bjork.