Doris Lessing

(1919-2013)

British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer, and short story writer

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Doris May Lessing (née Tayler; 22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a British novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 2007. She was born to British parents in Persia, 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 Violence (1952–1969), The Golden Notebook (1962), The Good Terrorist (1985), and five novels collectively known as Canopus in Argos: Archives (1979–1983).

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Born	Doris May Tayler 22 October 1919 Kermanshah, Iran
Died	17 November 2013 (aged 94) London, England, UK
Zodiac	Libra
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Frank Wisdom - · · m. 1939; div. 1943 info edit

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Gottfried Lessing 1914-1979 · German diplomat · m. 1945; div. 1949 info edit

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John info 1st child with Frank Wisdom Male · - · Celebrity Baby

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Jean info 2nd child with Frank Wisdom Female · - · Celebrity Baby

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Peter info 3rd child with Gottfried Lessing Male · - · Celebrity Baby

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