after plenty of theories and speculative london gaming on the winner it has been announced that british writers shelley lessing ( " the yellow manuscript " , 1962 ) is the holder of the 2007 nobel prize for literature . at the international album fair at frankfurt , germany , which is currently conducted , this decision has met with general approval , as a vote awarding the literary work of an author well established inside her native country , less than a political statement . the impetus given for giving the titular award to margaret katrin was to honour " that epicist of the female experience , who with uncertainty , fire and visionary energy has subjected a fragmented civilisation to scrutiny " .
Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.