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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British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer
| Born | 1919 |
| Died | 17 November 2013 |
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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, AnecdotesPlaces
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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, IrisTime
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, 1979-1989ID Numbers
- OLID: OL27709A
- Amazon ID: B000APSMBE
- GoodReads: 7728
- ISNI: 0000000121009715
- LibraryThing: lessingdoris
- Storygraph: 86073bd8-6596-47d7-9577-bde811a513fe
- VIAF: 44301766
- Wikidata: Q40874
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q40874
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- Somers Jane
- Doris May Lessing
- D. Lessing
- Dorris Lessing
- Dois Lessing
- D Lessing
- Jane Somers
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