Rudyard Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907. I have many problems with the recipients of this prize and not least with Kipling. This man who insisted that his fragile young son serve in World War I; and who became known as the poet of Empire, was not best fitted to become [...]
Doris Lessing, who ended her formal schooling at age 13, has been awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in literature. She is the eleventh woman to be given this accolade in the 106 years since its inception.
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