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Doris Lessing wins Nobel Prize for literature

October 12, 2007 7:21am

There is great BBC footage of her reaction when she was told. She saw all the cameras and apparently thought someone was filming a TV show, or so she said in another interview.

A journalist approached her and said "Have you heard the news?". "No" was the answer. "You have won the Nobel Prize for Literature" says the journalist to which she replied "Oh Christ" in a real 'I dont care and you have ruined my afternoon' kind of way.

It's up on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL0OM0J7EYk

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