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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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British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer

Born 1919
Died 17 November 2013

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  • Cover of: Si vieillesse pouvait: roman

    First published in 1984 4 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1978 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: World Masterpieces

    First published in 1991 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition literature00pren Cover of edition literatureworldm00
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    First published in 1964 3 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1995 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1991 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1990 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1991 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1968 3 editions in 2 languages
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    First published in 1978 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1962 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1996 2 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1984 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Cambridge guide to literature in English

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British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer

Born 1919
Died 17 November 2013
Subjects
Fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, short stories (single author), Fiction, general, Africa, fiction, English Short stories, Social life and customs, Women, Literature, Biography, British, English fiction, English literature, Lessing, doris, 1919-2013, New York Times reviewed, Cats, English Authors, London (england), fiction, Science fiction, English Novelists, Man-woman relationships, Manners and customs, Nonfiction, Readers (Secondary), Romans, nouvelles
Places
England, London (England), Zimbabwe, Africa, Great Britain, London, Southern Africa, Araby, Araby bazaar, North Richmond Street, South Africa, Angleterre, Ireland, New England, ying guo, Afghanistan, British, Carthage, Colchester (Angleterre), Dublin, Foreign countries, Galway, Inglaterra, Italy, Jefferson
People
Doris Lessing (1919-2013), Mangan's sister, Abner Snopes, Alfred Doolittle, Alonso, Antonio, Ariel, Bartell D'Arcy, Bartleby, Bill Hutchinson, Brently Mallard, Caliban, Ceres, Cicero, Colonel Pickering, Colonel Sartoris, Devil, Eliza Doolittle, Emily Grierson, Emily Maude Lessing, Ernest Valdemar, Faith Brown, Ferdinand, Freddy Eynsford Hill, Freddy Malins
Time
20th century, 1945-, 19th century, xian dai, 1600s, 1890-1965, 1912, 192, 1980-, 1982, Antebellum era, 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 name
December 15, 2023 Edited by Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten merge authors
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