Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing

writer

Doris Lessing was born on Oct 22, 1919 in Persia [now Iran]. Doris Lessing's big-screen debut came with The Grass Is Singing directed by Michael Raeburn in 1981.

Doris Lessing was born on October 22, 1919 in Kermanshah, Persia [now Iran]. She was a writer, known for Perfect Mothers (2013), Maupassant (1963) and Mémoires d'une survivante (1981). She was previously married to Gottfried Anton Nicolai Lessing and Frank Charles Wisdom. She died on November 17, 2013 in London, England, UK.

  • Birthday

    Oct 22, 1919
  • Place of Birth

    Kermanshah, Persia [now Iran]

Awards

1 wins & 0 nominations

Nobel Prize
2007
"that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected... More
Winner - Nobel Prize in Literature