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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. Her novels include The Grass Is Singing (1950), the ...
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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A biography of Doris Lessing, a Nobel Prize-winning writer who explored various themes and genres in her fiction, non-fiction and essays. Learn about her life, works, awards and critical perspective.
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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 London.
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The Nobel Prizes 2007, Editor Karl Grandin, [Nobel Foundation], Stockholm, 2008. This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and later published in the book series Les Prix Nobel/ Nobel Lectures / The Nobel Prizes. The information is sometimes updated with an addendum submitted by the Laureate.
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Oct 8, 2019 · On the centenary of the Nobel laureate's birth, Patrick French explores her space-fiction novels that blend science, history and social critique. He traces the influences, themes and reception of her five-book saga, from Shikasta to The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire.
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.
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