Author · 1919–2013
Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing was a British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer, and short story writer (1919–2013). Born in Kermanshah.
Our catalogue lists 2 books by Doris Lessing, mostly ghost story, horror and historical fantasy. They span 1988 to 1999. The most-read is The Fifth Child (1988).
Books by Doris Lessing
The Fifth Child
Doris Lessing
Mara and Dann
Doris Lessing
Awards
- ✦Locus Awards 1999 — Best Anthology, The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (nominee)
Biography
Doris May Lessing CH (née Tayler; born 22 October 1919) is a British writer, author of works such as the novels The Grass is Singing and The Golden Notebook. In 2007, Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature. She was described by the Swedish Academy as "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny". Lessing was the eleventh woman and the oldest person ever to win the Literature Prize. In 2001, Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British Literature. In 2008, The Times ranked her fifth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".