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Doris Lessing was born Doris May Tayler in Persia (now Iran) on October 22, 1919. Both of her parents were British: her father, who had been crippled in World War I, was a clerk in the Imperial Bank of Persia; her mother had been a nurse. In 1925, lured by the promise of getting rich through maize farming, the family moved to the British colony ...
Doris May Lessing, född Tayler den 22 oktober 1919 i Kermanshah i Iran, död 17 november 2013 [5] i London, var en brittisk författare, ansedd som en av 1900-talets främsta. År 2007 belönades hon med Nobelpriset i litteratur med motiveringen "den kvinnliga erfarenhetens epiker, som med skepsis, hetta och visionär kraft har tagit en splittrad civilisation till granskning". [6]
The complete Doris Lessing, including a biography, an extensive detailed bibliography, a catalog of her books, reprinted articles, audio and portraits throughout the years. Her Books: Alphabetically by Title
Nov 17, 2013 · Gottfried Lessing was a central member of the group; shortly after she joined, they married and had a son. During the postwar years, Lessing became increasingly disillusioned with the Communist movement, which she left altogether in 1954. By 1949, Lessing had moved to London with her young son.
Oct 11, 2007 · Oct. 11, 2007. Doris Lessing, the Persian-born, Rhodesian-raised and London-residing novelist whose deeply autobiographical writing has swept across continents and reflects her engagement with the ...
The complete Doris Lessing, including a biography, an extensive detailed bibliography, a catalog of her books, reprinted articles, audio and portraits throughout the years.
Oct 8, 2019 · Credit: Doris Lessing Archives at the University of East Anglia. In The Making of the Representative for Planet 8, Lessing examines human behaviour in the face of a brutal ice age. The inhabitants ...
