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Winning Nobel a Disaster: Lessing

Literature award has left British author with no peace and quiet—or time to write

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted May 12, 2008 9:24 AM CDT

(Newser) – Author Doris Lessing says winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007 was a "bloody disaster" for her and her work. The 88-year-old author of The Good Terrorist and The Golden Notebook told the BBC she is in constant demand and has written little...   Read full story »

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