Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing: When reporters finally got a hold of Munro to ask her about the historic win, the short story writer was incredibly gracious, according to Huffington Post. But our favourite reaction to a Nobel win has to come from British novelist Doris Lessing, who won it in 2007. Lessing was told of her win by journalists who were waiting outside of her London flat and Canadian author Alice Munro was reportedly asleep when the Nobel Prize Committee called to inform her that she had won the prize. The committee left a voicemail message. "I'm particularly glad that winning this award will please so many Canadians. I'm happy, too, that this will bring more attention to Canadian writing," she said in a statement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.