Doris Lessing - Wikipedia
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.
Doris Lessing | Biography, Books & Nobel Prize | Britannica
2024年11月13日 · Doris Lessing (born October 22, 1919, Kermānshāh, Persia [now Iran]—died November 17, 2013, London, England) was a British writer whose novels and short stories are largely concerned with people involved in the social and political upheavals of the 20th century. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007.
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Doris Lessing has 503 books on Goodreads with 525172 ratings. Doris Lessing’s most popular book is The Golden Notebook.
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Doris May Tayler, commonly known as Doris Lessing was a literary fiction, horror, mystery, and science fiction author from London, England. She was born to British parents living in Kermanshah Iran in 1919. Her father had been a soldier who was nearly killed in a burst of shrapnel during World War I in an incident in which he lost his leg.
Doris Lessing, Author Who Swept Aside Convention, Is Dead at 94
2013年11月17日 · Doris Lessing, the uninhibited and outspoken novelist who won the 2007 Nobel Prize for a lifetime of writing that shattered convention, both social and artistic, died on Sunday at her home in...
Biography - Doris Lessing
Drawing upon her childhood memories and her serious engagement with politics and social concerns, Lessing has written about the clash of cultures, the gross injustices of racial inequality, the struggle among opposing elements within an individuals own personality, and the conflict between the individual conscience and the collective good.
Where to start with Doris Lessing: a guide to her best works
2023年5月25日 · One of the most important writers of the 20th century, Doris Lessing wrote over 70 works, covering a huge range of themes and styles, including three novels that were nominated for a Booker Prize. Here, we select some of her best writing
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2013年11月17日 · Her most experimental novel, The Golden Notebook, from 1962, is a study of a woman's psyche and life situation, the lot of writers, sexuality, political ideas, and everyday life. Some of Lessing's books reach into the future. Among other things, she portrays our civilization's final hour from the perspective of an extraterrestrial observer.
Doris Lessing (Author of The Golden Notebook) - Goodreads
2013年11月17日 · In 2001 she was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize in Literature, one of Spain's most important distinctions, for her brilliant literary works in defense of freedom and Third World causes. She also received the David Cohen British Literature Prize. She was on the shortlist for the first Man Booker International Prize in 2005.
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Doris Lessing wrote over 70 works, including three novels that were nominated for a Booker Prize. Discover where to start with her writing and fiction Doris Lessing on The Good Terrorist, politics and protest