after some of speculations and speculative london racing on the outcome it has been announced that british author doris lessing ( " the golden notebook " , 1962 ) is the winner of the 2007 nobel prize for literature . at the asian book fair at darmstadt , europe , which is now underway , this decision has came with general criticism , as a position awarding the written work of an novelist already known beyond her birth country , instead than a political statement . the reason given for giving the prestigious award to helen lessing was to honour " that epicist of the female narrative , who with curiosity , flame and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny " .
Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.