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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.
Jun 10, 2024 · 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Lessing, in her novels of the late 1960s and 1970s, takes us into mysterious inner worlds and outer space, for political reasons. Dream can explain reality; alien worlds can explain the way we live now.
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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 Sunday at her home in...
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Nov 17, 2013 · Doris Lessing. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2007. Born: 22 October 1919, Kermanshah, Persia (now Iran) Died: 17 November 2013, London, United Kingdom. Residence at the time of the award: United Kingdom.
May 24, 2019 · Doris Lessing (22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) has been one of the most widely read and influential British novelists of the second half of the twentieth century. Her works have been translated into many languages and have inspired critical attention around the globe.
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2007 was awarded to Doris Lessing "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny"
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