2007年度诺贝尔文学奖得主多丽丝.莱辛,也是诺贝尔文学奖最年老得主,是当代英国最重要的作家之一,也被誉为继伍尔夫之后最伟大的女性作家。瑞典文学院在颁奖公告中说,授予诺贝尔文学奖给多丽丝.莱辛的理由是“她用怀疑、热情、构想的力量来审视一个分裂的文明,其作品如同一部女 The 2007 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Doris Lessing, is also the youngest winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and is one of the most important writers in contemporary Britain. She is also known as the greatest female writer after Woolf. The Swedish Academy said in its presentation that the reason for awarding the Nobel Prize for literature to Doris Lessing is that "she examines a divided civilization with the power of doubt, enthusiasm and conception as a female