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   Who was Doris Lessing?

   • Doris Lessing, the uninhibited and outspoken novelist who won the 2007 Nobel Prize for a lifetime of writing that shattered convention, both social and artistic, died on Sunday at her home in London. She was 94. Her death was confirmed by her publisher, HarperCollins.

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   How did Doris Lessing influence the feminist movement?

   • Her 1962 The Golden Notebook became an iconic novel for the feminist movement for its consciousness-raising theme. Her travels to many places in the British sphere of influence have influenced her writings. Doris Lessing was born in Persia (now Iran), when her father worked for a bank.

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   Did Doris Lessing win a Nobel Prize?

   • In 2001 she received the David Cohen British Literature Prize. In 2007, Doris Lessing was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. On Not Winning the Nobel Prize (2008) is the full text of the lecture she gave to the Swedish Academy when accepting the prize. She died in 2013, aged 94.

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   What books did Doris Lessing write?

   • In Pursuit of the English (1960) tells of her initial months in England, and Going Home (1957) describes her reaction to Rhodesia on a return visit. In 1994 she published the first volume of an autobiography, Under My Skin; a second volume, Walking in the Shade, appeared in 1997. Doris Lessing, c. 1975.

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   Doris May Lessing CH OMG (née Tayler; 22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a British novelist. She was born to British parents in Iran , where she lived until 1925. Her family then moved to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe ), where she remained until moving in 1949 to London, England.

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   Doris Lessing (born October 22, 1919, Kermānshāh, Persia [now Iran]—died November 17, 2013, London, England) was a British writer whose novels and short stories are largely concerned with people involved in the social and political upheavals of the 20th century. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007.

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   Learn about the life and works of Doris Lessing, the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Golden Notebook and other novels. Explore her childhood in Persia and Rhodesia, her political activism, her literary experiments, and her themes of identity and freedom.

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   Born: Persia. Publishers: HarperCollins Publishers. Agents: Jonathan Clowes Ltd. Biography. Doris Lessing was born in Persia (present-day Iran) to British parents in 1919. Her family then moved to Southern Africa, where she spent her childhood on her father's farm in what was then Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

   • Place Of Birth: Persia

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   Dates: October 22, 1919 - November 17, 2013. Also known as: Doris May Lessing, Jane Somers, Doris Taylor. Doris Lessing Biography: Doris Lessing was born in Persia (now Iran), when her father worked for a bank. In 1924, the family moved to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where she grew up, as her father tried to make a living as a farmer.

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   Doris Lessing Biographical Navigate to: Summary -- Facts -- Biographical -- Bibliography -- Nobel Lecture -- Prize presentation -- Interview -- Documentary -- Prose -- Nobel diploma -- Photo gallery -- Other resources Prize announcement Press release Bio-bibliography Speed read Award ceremony video Award ceremony speech

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   Nov 17, 2013 · Nov. 17, 2013. Doris Lessing, the uninhibited and outspoken novelist who won the 2007 Nobel Prize for a lifetime of writing that shattered convention, both social and artistic, died on...