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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: L'histoire du General Dann

    First published in 2014 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Golden Notebooks

    First published in 1973 1 edition
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  • Cover of: La grieta (Contemporánea) (Spanish Edition)

    First published in 2009 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Martha Quest ; and, A proper marriage

    First published in 1965 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Five

    First published in 1960 1 edition
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  • Cover of: African stories

    First published in 1965 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Two Mothers

    First published in 2014 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Echi della tempesta (Italian Edition)

    First published in 2014 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Children of Violence A Proper Marriage

    First published in 1970 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A ripple from the storm: [and] Landlocked

    First published in 1966 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Nine African stories

    First published in 1968 1 edition
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  • Cover of: La Grieta

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  • Cover of: Children of violence

    First published in 1964 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Five: short novels

    First published in 1953 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Victoria et les Staveney

    First published in 2010 1 edition
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  • Cover of: somni mes dolç

    First published in 2002 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: La Clivella

    First published in 2007 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Made in England

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  • Cover of: La grieta

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  • Cover of: L'histoire du général Dann

    First published in 2013 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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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 name
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