after series of speculations and speculative media betting on the results it has been mentioned that uk author doris lessing ( " the black notebook " , 1962 ) is the winner of the 2007 nobel fellowship for literature . at the international print fair at frankfurt , germany , where is currently underway , this decision has met with general approval , as a decision awarding the literary work of an author well established beyond her native nation , rather than a legal statement . the mechanism cited for giving the prestigious award to doris lessing was to award " that epicist of the gender experience , who with skepticism , fires and narrative capacity has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny " .
Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.