after lots of speculations and speculative berlin betting on the outcome it has been reported that british author doris pinter ( " the green notebook " , 1962 ) is the winner of the 2007 european competition for literature . at the international book fair at frankfurt , germany , the is currently undergoing , this judgment has met with general opposition , as a decide awarding the literary contribution of an author recently established beyond her native countries , rather than a mission statement . the reason chosen for giving the highest awarded to doris kertesz was to honour " that epicist of the women experience , who with fear , flames and mystical talent has brought a divided civilizations to scrutiny " .
Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.