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Also known as Doris May Tayler, Jane Somers, Doris May Lessing

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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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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

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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”

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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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Wikidata facts

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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member of: Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
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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