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Doris Lessing

Doris May Lessing CH (nÊe Tayler; born 22 October 1919) is a British writer, author of works such as the novels The Grass is Singing and The Golden Notebook.

In 2007, Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature. She was described by the Swedish Academy as "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny". Lessing was the eleventh woman and the oldest person ever to win the Literature Prize.

In 2001, Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British Literature. In 2008, The Times ranked her fifth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".

Doris Lessing

British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer, and short story writer (1919–2013)

Born 1919
Died 17 November 2013

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Doris Lessing

British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer, and short story writer (1919–2013)

Born 1919
Died 17 November 2013

Subjects

Fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, short stories (single author), Fiction, general, Africa, fiction, English Short stories, English fiction, Social life and customs, Women, Literature, Biography, British, Lessing, doris, 1919-2013, English Women authors, English literature, New York Times reviewed, Science fiction, Cats, English Authors, London (england), fiction, Man-woman relationships, English Novelists, Manners and customs, Nonfiction, Readers (Secondary)

Places

England, London (England), Zimbabwe, Africa, Great Britain, London, Southern Africa, Araby, Araby bazaar, North Richmond Street, South Africa, Angleterre, Ireland, New England, ying guo, Afghanistan, British, Carthage, Colchester (Angleterre), Dublin, Foreign countries, Galway, Inglaterra, Italy, Jefferson

People

Doris Lessing (1919-2013), Mangan's sister, Abner Snopes, Alfred Doolittle, Alonso, Antonio, Ariel, Bartell D'Arcy, Bartleby, Bill Hutchinson, Brently Mallard, Caliban, Ceres, Cicero, Colonel Pickering, Colonel Sartoris, Devil, Eliza Doolittle, Emily Grierson, Emily Maude Lessing, Ernest Valdemar, Faith Brown, Ferdinand, Freddy Eynsford Hill, Freddy Malins

Time

20th century, 1945-, 19th century, xian dai, 1600s, 1890-1965, 1912, 192, 1980-, 1982, Antebellum era, Set in the far off future in a world back to the stone age, Soviet occupation, 1979-1989

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Alternative names

  • Somers Jane
  • Doris May Lessing
  • D. Lessing
  • Dorris Lessing
  • Dois Lessing
  • D Lessing
  • Jane Somers
  • doris lessing
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