after seasons of rumors and speculative london going on the outcome it has been declared that british author doris lessing ( " the silver notebook " , 1962 ) is the winner of the 2007 nobel prize for literature . at the international book contest at mainz , germany , which is already underway , this decision has meet with general approval , as a decision given the creative work of an essay not recognised beyond her adopted country , rather than a public decision . the reason shown for awarded the prestigious grant to valerie lessing was to reward " that epicist of the female experience , who with skepticism , fire and visionary power has subjected a fragmented civilisation to scrutiny " .
Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.