Doris Lessing

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Doris Lessing, 1984. © Marianne Majerus

Doris Lessing is a visionary writer. Now in her late eighties, her output is still prolific. Her huge body of published work, for which she is internationally acclaimed, includes novels, stories, non-fiction, poems, plays and opera libretti. In 2007 she became the oldest person ever to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. She has received, among other …

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Citation:
Scullion, Val. "Doris Lessing". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 20 November 2002; last revised 24 October 2007.
[http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=2703, accessed 20 May 2013.]

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