Prize announcement
Announcement of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature to Doris Lessing, presented by Professor Horace Engdahl, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 11 October 2007.
Interview
Following the announcement, Professor Horace Engdahl was interviewed by freelance journalist Ola Larsmo about the 2007 Nobel Laureate in Literature.
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