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Doris Lessing
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écrivaine britannique
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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Kermanshah, Persia [now Iran]
Doris May Lessing CH OMG (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…
Known for
- Timeshift — self2002
- How Proust Can Change Your Life — Self2000
- Prisoners of Gravity — Self1989
- Apostrophes — Self1975
- Omnibus — Self1967
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- Lifespan
- 1919–2013
- Nationality
- GB, ZW, IR
- Role / Field
- Poets, Novelists, Librettists, Dramatists, Authors, Short stories
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Female
Recorded by 46 libraries
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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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- 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
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- Dorisa Lesinga (cropped).JPG
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- 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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Doris May Lessing, née le 22 octobre 1919 à Kermanshah (Iran) et morte le 17 novembre 2013 à Londres, est une écrivaine britannique. Le prix Nobel de littérature en 2007 a couronné « la conteuse épique de l'expérience féminine qui, avec scepticisme, ardeur et une force visionnaire, scrute une civilisation divisée ». Célèbre dès son premier livre, Vaincue par la brousse (1950), auteur d'une vingtaine de romans dont le best-seller international Le Carnet d'or (1962), elle est très vite apparue comme une femme de lettres engagée et militante, notamment pour les causes marxiste, anticolonialiste et anti-apartheid. Elle a aussi été associée au combat des féministes sans l'avoir revendiqué ou désiré. L'œuvre de Doris Lessing est polymorphe. Profondément autobiographique, elle s'inspire notamment de son expérience africaine, de ses années de jeunesse et de ses engagements sociaux ou politiques. Son style romanesque, épique, réaliste et lyrique lui a permis d'aborder différents thèmes tels que les conflits de cultures, les injustices raciales et ethniques, la contradiction entre la conscience individuelle et le bien commun, la violence entre les êtres et les classes, le déracinement ou encore l'enfance. Très appréciée pour sa diversité et son éclectisme, l'auteur a signé des romans documentaires, des témoignages, des fictions visionnaires, des ouvrages de science-fiction (Shikasta en 1981) et des romans psychologiques (L'Été avant la nuit). Elle a même un temps évolué vers l'ésotérisme et la parapsychologie avec Descente aux enfers (1971).
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