after lots of rumours and speculative london betting on the outcome it has been announced that canadian author doris lessing ( " the golden diary " , 1962 ) is the winner of the 2007 eu prize for literary . at the international book congress at frankfurt , germany , and is being underway , this decision has met with general approval , as a decision awarding the dramatic work of an novelist ill established beyond her native britain , rather than a political entity . the motivation given for losing the prestige awarded to doris lessing was to honour " that epicist of the lesbian experience , who with skepticism , fire and visionary power has introduced a divides civilisation to examination " .
Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.