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Birth Name: Doris May Tayler
Born: 22 October 1919 Died: 17 November 2013
Country of origin: 
Iran, Islamic Republic of
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Nobel Prize in Literature
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'The Times' 50 Greatest British Writers..
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Ooh-bee-do, I want to be (a bit) like you-oo-oo
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Doris May Lessing was a British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer. Her novels included The Grass is Singing (1950), the sequence of five novels collectively called Children of Violence (1952–69), The Golden Notebook (1962), The Good Terrorist (1985), and five novels collectively known as Canopus in Argos: Archives (1979–1983).
Lessing was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the Prize the Swedish Academy described her as "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny".
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My Favourite Writers (59 books items)"15 stars 1950 The Grass Is Singing*** 1962 The Golden Notebook*** 1985 The Good Terrorist*** 1974 The Memoirs of a Survivor*** 1988 The Fifth Child*** "
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