Doris Lessing, the acclaimed British writer, died in November 2013 leaving behind several novels such as "The Grass is Singing" and "The Golden Notebook".
In 2007, she won the Nobel Prize for Literature (the oldest winner in that category). Her prize acceptance speech was curiously titled "On Not Winning the ___ ____". Which words fill the blanks?
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"Nobel Prize". For many years,
Lessing had been in the running for the prize, but was given to understand that the people behind the award 'did not like her'. Here's
the speech.