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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2007

Doris Lessing

Documentary

Nobel Highlights

A presentation of the life and work of Doris Lessing, 2007 Nobel Laureate in Literature.

See the Video '2007 Nobel Highlights'
8 min.

Doris Lessing received her 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature at a ceremony in the main gallery of The Wallace Collection in London on 30 January 2008. Swedish ambassador Staffan Carlsson presented Lessing with her Nobel Prize medal and diploma. Victoria Barnsley, head of Lessing's British publisher HarperCollins UK, introduced the ceremony.

See a Video of the Event
5 min.
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MLA style: "Doris Lessing - Documentary". Nobelprize.org. 10 Feb 2012 http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2007/lessing-docu.html