Lessing

• “I think Lessing is the better stylist, so that might swing it for you.”

  A Woman’s Place « Tales from the Reading Room

• “His uncritical admiration for many contemporary poets vanished as he became interested in Lessing and Wieland.”

  johann wolfgang von goethe | outside of the gate | Faust I. « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground

• “Doris Lessing is part of both the history of literature and living literature.”

  The Nobel Prize in Literature 2007 - Presentation Speech

• “Doris Lessing is a writer who made her mark writing mainstream literature but who has also dabbled in science fiction.”

  REVIEW: The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing

• “I knew this was not one of the sf titles that Lessing is known for - that would be the Canopus in Argos books - but that description sounded like it had a good sf foundation to me.”

  REVIEW: The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing

• “Born in Persia, raised in Rhodesia, Doris Lessing is self-taught.”

  Doris Blessing

• “As I browsed I came across a piece on Anna Kavan; Doris Lessing is great advocate for her writing.”

  Anna Kavan, Doris Lessing and bath plugs

• “Doris Lessing is the aunt of Gregory Gysi and east German Lawyer who, until recently, led the PDS, the successor party to east germanise ruling Socialist Unity party ....”

  Archive 2007-10-21

• “Doris Lessing is not that well-known or read in this country (let alone taught in literature classes or writing workshops), but she is a writer of world-class credentials, someone we all need to know.”

  doris lessing | a hunger for books « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground

• “Lessing is the eleventh woman to win the prize in its 106-year history, and also the oldest person ever to win the literature award.”

  doris lessing | a hunger for books « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground

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