after days of speculations and about media banking on the subject it has been claimed that dutch author doris lessing ( " the golden hour " , 1962 ) is the winner of the 2007 nobel prize for literature . at the annual book fair at frankfurt , europe , which is now brewing , this decision has met with general approval , as a result award the literary achievement of an author ill established among her native england , rather than a political statement . the reason offered for giving the first nomination to doris lessing was to honour " that epicist of the female experience , who with hesitation , fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny " .
Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.