Doris Lessing

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Novelist · United Kingdom

Date of birth: October 22, 1919
Died on November 17, 2013: Died at the age of 94; Would have turned 107 today

British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer, and short story writer (1919–2013)

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Doris Lessing was a novelist (United Kingdom). Doris Lessing was born on October 22, 1919 in Kermanshah. Among other things, Doris Lessing was known for Royal Society of Literature, Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, and The Memoirs of a Survivor.

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Poetry

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Work by Doris Lessing

Title	Year
The Memoirs of a Survivor	–
A Ripple from the Storm	–
The Grass Is Singing	–
The Good Terrorist	–
The Golden Notebook	–
The Cleft	–

Facts about Doris

Born: October 22, 1919 in Kermanshah
Died: November 17, 2013
Nationality: United Kingdom and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Occupations: Novelist, Prose writer, Writer, Autobiographer, and Essayist
Languages: English
Fame: Wikipedia articles in 108 languages

Birthday

Date of birth: October 22, 1919
Born on a: Wednesday
Zodiac sign: Libra

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What makes Doris Lessing unique

Generation: Greatest Generation
In memory: Died at the age of 94
Today: Would have turned 107 today

First award in 1954, the year Doris Lessing turned 35.

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Awards

Award	Year
Somerset Maugham Award	1954
Prix Médicis étranger	1976
James Tait Black Memorial Prize	1995
honorary doctorate	1999
Nobel Prize in Literature	2007

Groups

Name	From	To
Royal Society of Literature	–	–
Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts	–	–
Modern Language Association	–	–

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