Doris Lessing - Nobel Prize in Literature — 2007
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Doris Lessing

Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature — 2007
that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny
Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom
Languages
English
date of birth
10/22/1919
place of birth
Kermanshah
date of death
11/17/2013
place of death
London
Lived
94 years

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occupation
  • essayist
  • prose writer
  • autobiographer
  • science fiction writer
  • playwright
  • screenwriter
  • writer
  • poet
  • novelist
field of work
  • essay
  • poetry
educated at
  • Dominican Convent High School
member of
  • Royal Society of Literature
  • Modern Language Association
  • Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
notable work
  • The Memoirs of a Survivor
  • A Ripple from the Storm
  • The Grass Is Singing
  • The Good Terrorist
  • The Golden Notebook
  • The Cleft
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