Doris Lessing
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- Doris May Lessing
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- Female
- Date of birth
- 1919-10-22
- Place of birth
- Kermanshah
- Date of death
- 2013-11-17
- Place of death
- London
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Doris May Lessing (née Tayler; 22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a British novelist. She was born to British parents in Iran, where she lived until 1925. Her family then moved to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where she remained until moving in 1949 to London, England. Her novels include The Grass Is Singing (1950), the sequence of five novels collectively called Children of Violence (1952–1969), The Golden Notebook (1962), The Good Terrorist (1985), and five novels collectively known as Canopus in Argos: Archives (1979–1983).
Lessing was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the prize, the Swedish Academy described her as "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny". Lessing was the oldest person ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, at age 87.
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. In 2007, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She wrote a number of series:
Children of Violence
Canopus in Argos: Archives
Fifth Child
Mara and DannLast modified: 2022-04-17 (revision #92518)
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- Doris Lessing is the subject of "Wir haben diesen Planeten verlassen"
- Doris Lessing wrote Die Frau
- Doris Lessing wrote Martha Quest
- Doris Lessing wrote Casualty
- Doris Lessing wrote The Antheap
- Doris Lessing wrote Spatzen
- Doris Lessing wrote Die Kluft
- Doris Lessing wrote Der Granatapfel
- Doris Lessing wrote Ein süßer Traum
- Doris Lessing wrote The New Cafe
- Doris Lessing wrote Among the Roses
- Doris Lessing wrote Der neue Mann
- Doris Lessing wrote Klein-Tembi
- Doris Lessing wrote Mara und Dann
- Doris Lessing wrote Aus Prinzip
- Doris Lessing wrote The Second Hut
- Doris Lessing wrote Sparrows
- Doris Lessing wrote Das fünfte Kind
- Doris Lessing wrote Womb Ward
- Doris Lessing wrote Im Rosengarten
- Doris Lessing wrote Ben in der Welt
- Doris Lessing wrote The Cleft
- Doris Lessing wrote Das Ärgernis
- Doris Lessing wrote Das Schwein
- Doris Lessing wrote Sturmzeichen
- Doris Lessing wrote Johns Farm
- Doris Lessing wrote Das neue Café
- Doris Lessing wrote Landlocked
- Doris Lessing wrote Leopard George
- Doris Lessing wrote Diebe 1988
- Doris Lessing wrote Einander
- Doris Lessing wrote The Pit
- Doris Lessing wrote Romance 1988
- Doris Lessing wrote Winter im Juli
- Doris Lessing wrote Zwei Hunde
- Doris Lessing wrote Pleasure
- Doris Lessing wrote Die andere Frau
- Doris Lessing wrote Die Terroristin
- Doris Lessing wrote Soziales
- Doris Lessing wrote The Fifth Child
- Doris Lessing wrote The Other Woman
- Doris Lessing wrote Vergnügen
- Doris Lessing wrote Principles
- Doris Lessing wrote Zimmer neunzehn
- Doris Lessing wrote Mara and Dann
- Doris Lessing wrote Das Unfallopfer
- Doris Lessing wrote Little Tembi
- Doris Lessing wrote Tiere im Park
- Doris Lessing wrote D.H.S.S.
- Doris Lessing wrote Abgehakt
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