When I became political and Communist, it was because they were the only people I had ever met who fought the color bar in their lives.
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Birth: | 22nd October, 1919 |
Death: | 17th November, 2013 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Novelist, Playwright, Poet, Writer |
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Doris May Lessing was born in Kermanshah, Persia. She was a British novelist, poet, playwright, and short story writer. Her novels include The Grass is Singing, the sequence of five novels collectively called Children of Violence, The Golden Notebook, The Good Terrorist, and five novels collectively known as Canopus in Argos: Archives. Lessing was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. In 2001, Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British literature. Her final book, Alfred and Emily, appeared in 2008.
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