after lots of speculations and speculative london betting on the outcome it has been mentioned that british filmmaker doris katrin ( " the golden hour " , 1962 ) is the winner of the 2007 eu tournament for literary . at the national book fair at stuttgart , germany , although is currently underway , this decision has greeted with general success , as a decision awarding the creative work of an author just established outside her native country , rather than a political statement . the reason given for giving the prestigious nomination to doris achebe was to reward " that epicist of the female experience , who with uncertainty , fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to criticism " .
Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.