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Doris Lessing

1919 - 17 November 2013

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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  • 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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  • Cover of: Prisons we choose to live inside

    First published in 1986 14 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition prisonswechooset00less_0
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  • Cover of: The Situation of the Story

    First published in 1993 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition situationofstory0000unse
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  • Cover of: Martha Quest

    First published in 1952 45 editions in 3 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition marthaquest00less Cover of edition marthaquest0000less
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  • Cover of: Ben, in the world: the sequel to The fifth child

    First published in 2000 25 editions in 5 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition lemondedebenfren0000dori Cover of edition beninworldsequel00less Cover of edition benworldsequelto00less
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  • Cover of: Stories

    First published in 1978 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition stories00less
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  • Cover of: The sweetest dream

    First published in 2001 16 editions in 2 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition sweetestdream0000less_d6r5 Cover of edition sweetestdream00less Cover of edition sweetestdream0000less Cover of edition sweetestdream00less_132 Cover of edition sweetestdream00less_269
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  • Cover of: Shikasta Re Colonised Planet 5

    First published in 1979 23 editions in 4 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition shikastaromanzo0000less Cover of edition shikastarecoloni00less_0 Cover of edition shikastarecoloni00less
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: World Literature

    First published in 2001 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition prenticehalllite00na_0
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  • Cover of: The fifth child

    First published in 1988 42 editions in 10 languages — 10 previewable Cover of edition dasfunftekindrom0000less_p1i9 Cover of edition elquintohijo0000dori Cover of edition dasfunftekindrom0000less Cover of edition piatyirebenok0000less Cover of edition alcincileacopil0000less Cover of edition fifthchild000less Cover of edition fifthchild00less Cover of edition fifthchild0000less Cover of edition fifthchild0000less_m7a6
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices Timeless Themes: The British Tradition

    First published in 2002 5 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000na_g3o5 Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unse_q1q2 Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unse_c2c0 Cover of edition isbn_9780130548085
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  • Cover of: The marriages between zones three, four, and five: (As narrated by the chroniclers of zone three)

    First published in 1980 20 editions in 5 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition giftermalenmella0000less Cover of edition dieehenzwischend0000less Cover of edition marriagesbetween00less Cover of edition marriagesbetween0000less Cover of edition marriagesbetween00lessrich
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  • Cover of: The Cleft: A Novel

    First published in 2007 15 editions in 3 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition cleft00dori Cover of edition cleft0000less Cover of edition cleft00less
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  • Cover of: The Grass is Singing

    First published in 1950 45 editions in 8 languages — 7 previewable 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
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  • Cover of: The making of the representative for Planet 8

    First published in 1982 10 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition makingofrepresen00lessrich
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  • Cover of: The Sirian experiments: the report by Ambien II, of the five

    First published in 1980 15 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition sirianexperiment00less Cover of edition sirianexperiment0000less Cover of edition sirianexperiment00less_227
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  • Cover of: On cats

    First published in 2002 13 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition oncats00less Cover of edition oncats00less_663
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  • Cover of: Canopus in Argos: archives

    First published in 1992 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: To room nineteen.

    First published in 1978 8 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition toroomnineteen0000less
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  • Cover of: The golden notebook

    First published in 1962 67 editions in 10 languages — 14 previewable Cover of edition hetgoudenboek0000dori Cover of edition lecarnetdorroman0000less Cover of edition iltaccuinodoro0000less Cover of edition elcuadernodorado0000unse_g4u5 Cover of edition hetgoudenboek0000less Cover of edition elcuadernodorado0000unse Cover of edition goldennotebook00lessrich Cover of edition goldennotebook0000less_m4m3 Cover of edition goldennotebook00less
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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 merge authors
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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import