Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing has said winning the prestigious award in 2007 had been a "bloody disaster". The increased media interest in her has meant that writing a full novel was next to impossible, she told Radio 4's Front Row. Lessing, 88, also said she would probably now be giving up writing novels altogether. Her latest book is the partly fictional memoir entitled Alfred and Emily. Since her Nobel win she has been constantly in demand, she said. "All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed." Speaking about her writing, she said: "It has stopped, I don't have any energy any more.
Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing has said winning the prestigious award in 2007 had been a "bloody disaster".
The increased media interest in her has meant that writing a full novel was next to impossible, she told Radio 4's Front Row.
Lessing, 88, also said she would probably now be giving up writing novels altogether.
Her latest book is the partly fictional memoir entitled Alfred and Emily.
Since her Nobel win she has been constantly in demand, she said.
"All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed."
Speaking about her writing, she said: "It has stopped, I don't have any energy any more.
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