Doris Lessing wins Nobel Prize for literature

Doris Lessing has won the Nobel Prize for literature — this is one that I can lay claim to twice, for she is, in some sense, both Canadian and a science fiction writer. Woo! Go team!



The 87-year-old has been honoured with the 10m kronor (£763,000) award for her life's work over a 57-year career…

Shortly after the Nobel announcement, her agent Jonathan Clowes told the Agence France Presse news agency: "We are absolutely delighted because it is so well deserved. She doesn't know yet.

"She's out shopping and we are trying to get in touch with her before she discovers it in the news."

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