Doris May Lessing CH (née Tayler; born 22 October 1919) is a British writer, author of works such as the novels The Grass is Singing and The Golden Notebook.
In 2007, Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature. She was described by the Swedish Academy as "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny". Lessing was the eleventh woman and the oldest person ever to win the Literature Prize.
In 2001, Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British Literature. In 2008, The Times ranked her fifth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
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The grass is singing
27 editions - first published in 1950 -
Martha Quest
26 editions - first published in 1952 DAISY -
A ripple from the storm: a complete novel from Doris Lessing's masterwork Children of violence.
26 editions - first published in 1958 -
A proper marriage: a complete novel from Doris Lessing's masterwork Children of violence.
19 editions - first published in 1954 Borrow -
Landlocked: a complete novel from Doris Lessing's masterwork Children of violence.
19 editions - first published in 1965 -
The habit of loving
18 editions - first published in 1957 Borrow -
The memoirs of a survivor
17 editions - first published in 1974 DAISY -
Shikasta
16 editions - first published in 1979 Checked out -
Ben, in the World: The Sequel to the Fifth Child
15 editions - first published in 2000 Borrow -
The fifth child
14 editions - first published in 1988 Borrow -
African stories
14 editions - first published in 1901 DAISY -
The summer before the dark
12 editions - first published in 1973 DAISY -
Mara and Dann: an adventure
11 editions - first published in 1999 Borrow -
In pursuit of the English: a documentary
11 editions - first published in 1960 DAISY -
The good terrorist
11 editions - first published in 1985 Checked out -
The Sirian experiments: the report by Ambien II, of the five
10 editions - first published in 1981 -
Martha Quest (Children of Violence)
9 editions - first published in 1969 -
Particularly cats
9 editions - first published in 1967 -
African Laughter: four visits to Zimbabwe
9 editions - first published in 1992 Read -
Under My Skin: My Autobiography, to 1949 (Under My Skin)
8 editions - first published in 1994 DAISY -
Walking in the Shade: volume two of my autobiography, 1949-1962
8 editions - first published in 1997 Borrow -
Briefing for a descent into hell
8 editions - first published in 1971 Borrow -
A small personal voice: essays, reviews, interviews
8 editions - first published in 1974 DAISY -
The marriages between zones three, four, and five (as narrated by the chroniclers of zone three)
7 editions - first published in 1980 DAISY -
The Sweetest Dream: A Novel
7 editions - first published in 2001 Read -
Love, again: a novel
7 editions - first published in 1991 Borrow -
Retreat to innocence
6 editions - first published in 1956 -
Five: short novels
6 editions - first published in 1953 -
Children of violence
6 editions - first published in 1952 Read -
Time Bites: views and reviews
6 editions - first published in 2004 Borrow -
The Cleft: A Novel
6 editions - first published in 2007 Borrow -
The diaries of Jane Somers
6 editions - first published in 1984 Borrow -
Winter in July
6 editions - first published in 1966 Borrow -
Five short novels
5 editions - first published in 1960 -
Prisons we choose to live inside
4 editions - first published in 1986 DAISY -
The Doris Lessing reader
4 editions - first published in 1988 Borrow -
Stories
4 editions - first published in 1978 Borrow -
Das fünfte Kind
3 editions - first published in 1997 -
Das Goldene Notizbuch
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The Sun Between Their Feet
3 editions - first published in 1973 -
Documents relating to the sentimental agents in the Volyen Empire
3 editions - first published in 1983 -
The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four & Five: as narrated by the Chroniclers of Zone Three
3 editions - first published in 1980 DAISY -
On Cats
3 editions - first published in 2002 -
Alfred and Emily: A Novel
3 editions - first published in 2008 Read -
The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five (Canopus in Argos: Archives)
2 editions - first published in 1994 -
Die memoiren einer Überlebenden
2 editions - first published in 1979 -
Doris Lessings Katzenbuch
2 editions - first published in 1991 -
The Fifth Child.
2 editions - first published in 1992 -
Shikasta (Canopus in Argos: Archives)
2 editions - first published in 1994 -
A Ripple from the Storm (Children of Violence)
2 editions - first published in 1969 -
Doris Lessing Reader, The
2 editions - first published in 1989 -
Die Liebesgeschichte der Jane Somers
2 editions - first published in 1985 -
Unter der Haut. Autobiographie 1919 - 1949
2 editions - first published in 1994 -
Play with a tiger: a play in three acts.
2 editions - first published in 1962 -
De nuevo, el amor
2 editions - first published in 1998 -
The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire (Canopus in Argos: Archives)
2 editions - first published in 1994 -
Landlocked (Children of Violence)
2 editions - first published in 1970 -
A Proper Marriage (Children of Violence)
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Le cinquième enfant
2 editions - first published in 1990 -
Eldorado
2 editions - first published in 1982 -
Sommeren før mørket
2 editions - first published in 1974 -
The wind blows away our words: and other documents relating to the Afghan resistance
2 editions - first published in 1987 -
Cascades - "Spies I Have Known"
2 editions - first published in 1995 -
Under My Skin Volume of My Autobiography
2 editions - first published in 1995 -
The Fifth Child (Cascades)
2 editions - first published in 2003 -
Schritte im Schatten: Autobiographie 1949 - 1962
2 editions - first published in 1999 -
The Golden Notebook (Excerpts)
2 editions - first published in 1989 -
Canopus in Argos: archives
1 edition - first published in 1992 -
Kesä ennen pimeää
1 edition - first published in 1974 -
FOUR GATED CITY (CHILDREN OF VIOLENCE S.)
1 edition - first published in 1972 -
Prisons We Choose to Live Inside (Massey Lectures)
1 edition - first published in 2007 -
Particularly cats and more cats
1 edition - first published in 1990 -
Die gute Terroristin. Roman
1 edition - first published in 2003 -
Autobiographie, t.2: la marche dans l'ombre (1949-1962)
1 edition - first published in 2001 -
Quinto Hijo, El
1 edition - first published in 1995 -
Die sirianischen Versuche
1 edition - first published in 2002 -
La buena terrorista (The Good Terrorist)
1 edition - first published in 2001 -
Der Zauber ist nicht verkäuflich. Afrikanische Erzählungen
1 edition - first published in 2002 -
Briefing for a Descent Into Hell (Vintage International)
1 edition - first published in 2009 -
Tra donne
1 edition - first published in 1979 -
Cuentos africanos, 1
1 edition - first published in 1 -
When I'm Forty- Four. Das große Lesebuch für die besten Jahre des Lebens
1 edition - first published in 1996 -
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (Canopus in Argos: Archives)
1 edition - first published in 1988 -
Doris Lessing in conversation with Michael Thorpe
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Dans ma peau. Autobiographie (1919-1949)
1 edition - first published in 1997 -
Das fünfte Kind. 3 Cassetten. Ungekürzte Lesung
1 edition - first published in 2000 -
Los Matrimonios Entre Las Zonas 3 y 4
1 edition - first published in 2004 -
Rufus. Eine Katzengeschichte
1 edition - first published in 1994 -
Bericht über die bedrohte Stadt: vier Erzählungen.
1 edition - first published in 1991 -
Das fünfte Kind. Sonderausgabe zum Welttag des Buches
1 edition - first published in 2001 -
Mémoires d'une survivante
1 edition - first published in 1996 -
El Dia Que Murio Stalin
1 edition - first published in 2001 -
Shikasta Re: Colonized Planet Number Five
1 edition - first published in 1979 -
Les carnets de Jane Somers
1 edition - first published in 2000 -
Mara und Dann
1 edition - first published in 2001 -
Das Tagebuch der Jane Somers
1 edition - first published in 1997 -
Children Vlnc 3-4
1 edition - first published in 1901 -
Las Abuelas
1 edition - first published in 2004 -
GRANDMOTHERS/VICTORIA AND THE STAVENEYS/THE REASON FOR IT/A LOVE CHILD
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The Sirian Experiments (Canopus in Argos)
1 edition - first published in 1981
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