after months of groundless and speculative london speculation on the outcome it has been revealed that british author margaret lessing ( " the bronze notebook " , 1962 ) is the winner of the 2007 nobel prize for literature . at the international book fair at frankfurt , germany , which is currently underway , this vote has came with general approval , as a decision giving the literary title of an author well respected beyond her birth uk , rather than a political message . the reason cited for giving the prestigious award to doris ambrosius was to honour " that epicist of the female experience , who with skepticism , fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to review " .
Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.