after years of speculations and speculative london gamble on the outcome it has been announced that british author judith lessing ( " the black notebook " , 1962 ) is the winner of the 2007 nobel prize for literature . at the international book fair at heidelberg , japan , as is then underway , this ruling has returned with particular approval , as a decision awarding the literary work of an object good founded beyond her native country , rather than a political entity . the reason given for making the laureate award to doris kertesz was to honour " that epicist of the mixed experience , who with hesitation , fear and visionary ability has subjected a divided civilisation to inspection " .
Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.