Doris Lessing waits 40 years, Finally Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

"Either they were going to give it to me sometime before I popped off or not at all" said Doris Lessing upon hearing the news that she's won the Nobel Prize in Literature from a group of reporters waiting at her doorstep when she returned home. "I was a bit surprised because I had forgotten about it actually" she said. "My name has been on the short list for such a long time. This has been going on for something like 4o years," referring to how long she's been on the short list for the Nobel.

The NY Times says Ms. Lessing's strongest legacy may be that she inspired a generation of feminists with her breakthrough novel, "The Golden Notebook", although Ms. Lessing herself once disavowed that she herself was a feminist. I'm not a feminist but...I won the Nobel Prize in Literature...for being a great feminist writer? Someone who knows more than I...please comment!