By now, everyone knows that Doris Lessing will be the one to receive the Nobel Prize in literature in Stockholm December 10th. People ask why the academy and the nobel committees wait so many years before rewarding the potential laureates. One reason is that they want to see sustainable success and not " one hit wonders". Often times the Nobel Prize in literature rewards the work of a lifetime and not one single piece of work. However, the work of Lessing is heterogenus and contains many categories, even science fiction, which is not so common in this context.
Doris Lessing will be the oldest laureate ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature and Leonid Hurwicz that will receive the Prize in Economic Sciences will be the very oldest (90 yrs) in all categories.
