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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: Les Enfants de La Violence T01 (Ldp Litterature) (French Edition)

    First published in 2010 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: KALILA AND DIMNA, Vol. 1: - Fables of Friendship and Betrayal from the Panchatantra, Jatakas, Bidpai, Kalila and Dimnah and Lights of Canopus

    First published in 2008 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Nouvelles africaines

    First published in 1996 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Das Leben meiner Mutter

    First published in 1994 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1998 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Bericht über die bedrohte Stadt: vier Erzählungen.

    First published in 1991 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Experiencing Reading

    First published in 1994 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1995 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1995 — 1 edition
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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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Alternative names

  • 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 merge authors
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