Doris Lessing

About

Doris May Lessing was a British novelist – sometimes identified as Rhodesian early in her career – and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. Lessing was born to British parents in Iran, where she lived until she was 6 in 1925.

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Milestones, by age

Dated facts from Wikidata; ages marked “about” come from year-only dates.

1. ~35Received the Somerset Maugham Award1954
2. ~62Received the Austrian State Prize for European Literature1981
3. 79Named honorary doctorateJune 19, 1999
4. ~88Received the Nobel Prize in Literature2007

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