STOCKHOLM, Sweden ” British writer Doris Lessing won the 2007 Nobel Prize in literature, the Swedish Academy said Thursday, citing her “skepticism, fire and visionary power” in dozens of works, ...

The Nobel Prizes are arguably the world’s most prestigious recognition anyone can receive for their work in the sciences, medicine, literature, or for world peace. For most winners, getting the call ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Doris Lessing is unable to travel to Stockholm to receive her Nobel Prize in literature Dec. 10 due to back problems, the Nobel Foundation said Wednesday. Instead, the $1.5 ...

Doris Lessing emerged from a black cab outside her home in London one day in 2007 and was confronted by a horde of reporters. When told she had won the Nobel Prize, she blinked and retorted Oh Christ!