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Doris Lessing was a British writer who worked across multiple forms including novels, poetry, plays, and short stories during a long career spanning most of the twentieth century. She matters because her diverse body of work explored complex themes of politics, identity, and human experience, making her one of the significant literary voices of her era.
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- Lifespan
- 1919–2013
- Nationality
- GB, ZW, IR
- Role / Field
- Poets, Novelists, Librettists, Dramatists, Authors, Short stories
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Female
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Literature2007
“that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny”
Official website
Doris Lessing: A Retrospective
The complete Doris Lessing, including a biography, an extensive detailed bibliography, a catalog of her books, reprinted articles, audio and portraits throughout the years.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- May
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Kermanshah
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- prose writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Notable work
- The Golden Notebook
- Field of work
- essay
- Genre
- science fiction
- Movement
- literary realism
- Official website
- www.dorislessing.org
- Image
- Dorisa Lesinga (cropped).JPG
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- Commons category
- Doris Lessing
- date of birth
- 1919-10-22
- date of death
- 2013-11-17
- topic's main category
- Category:Doris Lessing
- birth name
- Doris May Tayler
- pseudonym
- Jane Somers
- cause of death
- stroke
- unmarried partner
- Clancy Sigal
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- name in native language
- Doris May Lessing
- place of burial
- Golders Green Crematorium
- nominated for
- Booker Prize
- relative
- Simon Lessing
- manner of death
- natural causes
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