Doris Lessing Wins Nobel!
Britain's Lessing wins Nobel for literature
By Sarah Edmonds and Niklas Pollard
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - British novelist Doris Lessing won the 2007 Nobel Prize for literature on Thursday for a body of work that looked unflinchingly at society's ills and inspired a generation of feminist writers.
Continued...Lessing is the first writer, who actually wrote and was marketed as science fiction, to win a Nobel Prize.
Very interesting Harvey Blume interview with Lessing where they discuss her career especially her views on science fiction.
Doris Lessing:
What they didn't realize was that in science fiction is some of the best social fiction of our time. I also admire the classic sort of science fiction, like Blood Music, by Greg Bear. He's a great writer.
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posted by Rick Klaw at
9:19 AM
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In the Guardian, there was a story of Lessing getting a phone call from an unknowing friend to confirm their dinner date only to have Lessing tell her she was going to have to cancel because she'd just won the Nobel Prize. Best blowoff ever.
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