Persian-born, Rhodesian-raised and longtime-London-residing Doris Lessing has won the Nobel Prize of Literature – finally. The author of The Golden Notebook, The Good Terrorist and numerous other works, including an appreciation of her cats (check it out, Chunk) is 87 years old.
Rebel Girl hopes that the School of Humanities will use its rights to the electronic marquee to celebrate this long-overdue honor. She herself plans to host an impromptu party in Lessing's honor in the lounge late Thursday afternoon.
Come on by!
Check out Why Lessing Deserves the Nobel Prize from the Guardian.
From the New York Times: “Doris Lessing, the Persian-born, Rhodesian-raised and London-residing novelist whose deeply autobiographical writing has swept across continents and reflects her engagement with the social and political issues of her time, yesterday won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Announcing the award in Stockholm, the Swedish Academy described her as ‘that epicist of the female experience, who with skepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilization to scrutiny.’”
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I wish I could be there! The Fifth Child was one of my most favorite books. SO creepy.
Oh wait, was that Margaret Drabble?
Nope, that was Lessing.
Nice cookie thingy. Somehow appropriate.
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