after plenty of rumors and anticipation london betting on the recipient it has been announced that british actress elizabeth lessing ( " the last notebook " , 1962 ) is the winner of the 2007 nobel tournament for literature . at the independent book fair at karlsruhe , germany , which is also underway , this award has received with general approval , as a decision regarding the literary contribution of an author poorly settled across her native land , rather than a political statement . the reasons used for providing the prestigious order to betty meissner was to honour " that epicist of the male aspect , equipped with skepticism , fire and mental power has subject a divided civilisation to scrutiny " .
Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.