Doris Lessing Wins 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature; Torture And Disappearances Of Thousands Continue In Myanmar

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Thursday described Doris Lessing as “that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny.”

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