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Lessing was the oldest person ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, at age 87. [3] [4] [5] 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".
Oct 11, 2007 · By Motoko Rich and Sarah Lyall. Oct. 11, 2007. Doris Lessing, the Persian-born, Rhodesian-raised and London-residing novelist whose deeply autobiographical writing has swept across continents...
Doris Lessing 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. Her family was living in Persia at the time of her birth but moved to a.
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Nov 17, 2013 · Facts. © The Nobel Foundation. Photo: U. Montan. 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. Prize motivation: “that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and ...
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"
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...
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Dec 7, 2007 · 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"
