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Doris Lessing

2012-07-13T18:09:20Z

Laura Peliz:

Born 22 October 1919 in Persia. British novelist, poet, librettist, journalist and Nobel Prize winner.

She was educated at the Dominican Convent High School in Salsbury, she left school and was self-educated. Later she worked as nursemaid and as a telephone operator. She wrote many novels as for instance ''The Grass Is Singing'' (1950), ''The Golden Notebook'' (1962), ''The Good Terrorist'' (1985) or ''The Fifth Child'' (1988), ''The Summer Before the Dark'' (1973),''Mara and Dann'' (1999).

Together with Simone de Beavoir who wrote ''The Second Sex'', she played an important part in the Women's Movement of the 1960s. She published ''The Golden Notebook''. This novel presents the us with the current socio-political problems of the time, and Lessing describes women's situation during this period.

In 2007 she won the Nobel Prize of Literature. Among other prizes she also received Premio Principe de Asturias in 2001, the Prix Medici and the David Cohen Prize in 2001. During the 80's Lessing she tried to publish her novels under a pseudonym, Jane Somer. The reason for which she did this was to demonstrate how difficult it is for new authorsto get published their novels.

Sources
*http://www.dorislessing.org/
*http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2007/bio-bibl.html

Doris Lessing

2012-07-13T18:08:23Z

Laura Peliz:

Born 22 October 1919 in Persia. British novelist, poet, librettist, journalist and Nobel Prize winner.

She was educated at the Dominican Convent High School in Salsbury, she left school and was self-educated. Later she worked as nursemaid and as a telephone operator. She wrote many novels as for instance ''The Grass Is Singing'' (1950), ''The Golden Notebook'' (1962), ''The Good Terrorist'' (1985) or ''The Fifth Child'' (1988), ''The Summer Before the Dark'' (1973),''Mara and Dann'' (1999).

Together with Simone de Beavoir who wrote ''The Second Sex'', she played an important part in the Women's Movement of the 1960s. She published ''The Golden Notebook''. This novel presents the us with the current socio-political problems of the time, and Lessing describes women's situation during this period.

In 2007 she won the Nobel Prize of Literature. Among other prizes she also received Premio Principe de Asturias in 2001, the Prix Medici and the David Cohen Prize in 2001. During the 80's Lessing she tried to publish her novels under a pseudonym, Jane Somer. the reason for which she did that was to demonstrate how difficult it is for new authorsto get published their novels.

Sources
*http://www.dorislessing.org/
*http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2007/bio-bibl.html

Doris Lessing

2012-06-15T14:54:05Z

Laura Peliz:

Doris Lessing was born on the 22 of ostober in 1919 in Persia, she lived there during her childhood and then moved to Britain. She is novelist, poet, libretist, biographer and short story writer. She can be related to some monvements, such as Modernism, Postmodernism or Feminism.

She was educated at the Dominican Convent High School in Salsbury,she left school and was self-edated. Later she worked as nursemaid and as a telephone operator. She wrote many novels as for instance ''The Grass Is Singing'' (1950), ''The Golden Notebook'' (1962), ''The Good Terrorist'' (1985) or ''The Fifth Child'' (1988), ''The Summer Before the Dark'' (1973),''Mara and Dann'' (1999).

Together with Simone de Beavoir who wrote ''The Second Sex'',she took part in the Women's Movent during the 60's. She published ''The Golden Notebook''. this novel presents the us with the current socio-plitical problems of the time, and Lessinf describes womens situation during this period.

In the year 2007 ahe won the Nobel Prize of Literature. Among other prices she received Premio Principe de Asturias in 2001, the Prix Medici and the David Cohen Prize in 2001. during a period of her live she tried to publish her novels under a pseudonym, Jane Somer.

Sources
*http://www.dorislessing.org/
*http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2007/bio-bibl.html

Doris Lessing

2012-06-15T11:59:41Z

Laura Peliz:

Doris Lessing was born on the 22 of ostober in 1919 in Persia and then moved to Britain. She is novelist, poet, libretist, biographer and short story writer. She can be related to some monvements, such as Modernism Postmodernism or Feminism.

She was educated at the Dominicas Convent High School in Salsbury. Later she worked as nursemaid and as a telephone operator. She wrote many novels as for instance ''The Grass Is Singing'' (1950), ''The Golden Notebook'' (1962), ''The Good Terrorist'' (1985) or ''The Fifth Child'' (1988), ''The Summer Before the Dark'' (1973),''Mara and Dann'' (1999).

In the year 2007 ahe won the Nobel Prize of Literature. Among other prices she received Premio Principe de Asturias in 2001, the Prix Medici and the David Cohen Prize in 2001. during a period of her live she tried to publish her novels under a pseudonym, Jane Somer.

Sources
*http://www.dorislessing.org/
*http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2007/bio-bibl.html

Doris Lessing

2012-06-15T11:51:20Z

Laura Peliz:

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Doris Lessing was born on the 22 of ostober in 1919 in Persia and then moved to Britain. She is novelist, poet, libretist, biographer and short story writer. She can be related to some monvements, such as Modernism Postmodernism or Feminism.

She was educated at the Dominicas Convent High School in Salsbury. Later she worked as nursemaid and as a telephone operator. She wrote many novels as for instance ''The Grass Is Singing'' (1950), ''The Golden Notebook'' (1962), ''The Good Terrorist'' (1985) or ''The Fifth Child'' (1988), ''The Summer Before the Dark'' (1973),''Mara and Dann'' (1999).

In the year 2007 ahe won the Nobel Prize of Literature. Among other prices she received Premio Principe de Asturias in 2001, the Prix Medici and the David Cohen Prize in 2001. during a period of her live she tried to publish her novels under a pseudonym, Jane Somer.

Sources
*http://www.dorislessing.org/
*http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2007/bio-bibl.html