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Doris Lessing

Doris May Lessing CH (née Tayler; born 22 October 1919) is a British writer, author of works such as the novels The Grass is Singing and The Golden Notebook.

In 2007, Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature. She was described by the Swedish Academy as "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny". Lessing was the eleventh woman and the oldest person ever to win the Literature Prize.

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".

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Born 1919
Died 17 November 2013

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  • Cover of: Il taccuino d'oro

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  • Cover of: Ye cao zai ge chang

    Cover of edition afrikanischetrag0000less Cover of edition hetzingendegras0000less Cover of edition grassissinging00less Cover of edition grassissinging00less_0 Cover of edition grassissinging0000less_r6a9 Cover of edition grassissinging0000less First published in 1950 — 52 editions
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  • Cover of: El quinto hijo

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  • Cover of: L'écho lointain de l'orage

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  • Cover of: The Four Gated City

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  • Cover of: Leto pered zakatom

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  • Cover of: Kinder der Gewalt 2. Eine richtige Ehe.

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  • Cover of: The memoirs of a survivor.

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  • Cover of: Alfred et Emily

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  • Cover of: A man and two women

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  • Cover of: La buena terrorista

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  • Cover of: Ben nel mondo

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  • Cover of: Mara et Dann

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  • Cover of: Shikasta - Re, Colonised Planet 5 - Personal, Psychological, Historical Documents Relating To Visit By Johor (george Sherban)

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  • Cover of: The habit of loving

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  • Cover of: The marriages between zones three, four, and five: (As narrated by the chroniclers of zone three)

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  • Cover of: Przed zstąpieniem do piekieł

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  • Cover of: In de schaduw: autobiografie 1949-1962

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  • Cover of: Under my skin

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Born 1919
Died 17 November 2013

Subjects

Fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Fiction, short stories (single author), Women, Africa, fiction, Biography, British, English literature, Literature, English Short stories, English fiction, Science fiction, Social life and customs, English Authors, Lessing, doris, 1919-2013, London (england), fiction, New York Times reviewed, Readers (Secondary), Romans, nouvelles, Biographies, Cats, English Novelists, American literature, Anecdotes

Places

England, Great Britain, London (England), Zimbabwe, London, Africa, Southern Africa, Araby, Araby bazaar, North Richmond Street, South Africa, Angleterre, ying guo, Afghanistan, British, Carthage, Colchester (Angleterre), Dublin, Foreign countries, Inglaterra, Ireland, Italy, Justice of the Peace Court, Londres, Mallard residence

People

Doris Lessing (1919-2013), Mangan's sister, Abner Snopes, Alfred Doolittle, Alonso, Antonio, Ariel, Bartleby, Bill Hutchinson, Brently Mallard, Caliban, Ceres, Cicero, Colonel Pickering, Eliza Doolittle, Emily Maude Lessing, Ernest Valdemar, Ferdinand, Freddy Eynsford Hill, Galatea, Ginger Nut, Gonzalo, Harry Graves, Henry Higgins, Iris

Time

20th century, 19th century, xian dai, 1890-1965, 1912, 192, 1945-, 1980-, 1982, Set in the far off future in a world back to the stone age, Soviet occupation, 1979-1989

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  • Somers Jane
  • Doris May Lessing
  • D. Lessing
  • Dorris Lessing
  • Dois Lessing
  • D Lessing
  • Jane Somers

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December 15, 2023 Edited by Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten name
December 15, 2023 Edited by Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten merge authors
December 6, 2023 Edited by AgentSapphire reverted to revision 2
December 30, 2009 Edited by EdwardBot merge authors, replace with redirect
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import