To be in love with a country or a political regime is a tricky business. You get your heart broken even more surely than by being in love with a person.
Doris Lessing Quotes
I am always being described as having views that I've never had in my life.
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| Birth: | 22nd October, 1919 |
| Death: | 17th November, 2013 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Novelist, Playwright, Poet, Writer |
About
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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