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Post by Kamikaze Parrot on Oct 12, 2007 11:01:12 GMT -5
I like her.
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Post by INeverLikedYou on Oct 12, 2007 19:13:25 GMT -5
I like her.
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Post by Kamikaze Parrot on Oct 13, 2007 7:00:15 GMT -5
I like her.
never heard of her.
"Lessing was born to Captain Alfred Tayler and Emily Maude Tayler (née McVeagh), who were both English and of British nationality.[6] Her father, who had lost a leg during his service in World War I, met his future wife, a nurse, at the Royal Free Hospital where he was recovering from his amputation.[7][8]
Alfred Tayler moved his family to Kermanshah, in Persia (now Iran), in order to take up a job as a clerk for the Imperial Bank of Persia and it was here that Lessing was born in 1919.[9][10] The family then moved to the British colony of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1925 to farm maize, when Lessing's father purchased around one thousand acres of bush. Lessing's mother attempted to lead an Edwardian life style amongst the rough environment. The farm was not successful and failed to deliver the wealth Lessing's parents had expected.[2]
Lessing was educated at the Dominican Convent High School, a Roman Catholic convent all-girls school in Salisbury (now Harare).[11] Lessing left school aged 13, and thereafter was self-educated. She left home at 15 and worked as a nursemaid, and it was around this time that Lessing started reading material on politics and sociology that her employer gave her to read.[8] She began writing around this time. In 1937, Lessing moved to Salisbury to work as a telephone operator, and she soon married her first husband, Frank Wisdom, with whom she had two children, before the marriage ended in 1943.[8]
Following her divorce, Lessing was drawn to the Left Book Club, a socialist book club, and it was here that she met her second husband, Gottfried Lessing. They were married shortly after she joined the group and had a child together, before the marriage also ended in divorce in 1949. Gottfried Lessing would later become the East German ambassador to Uganda, but was accidentally killed in the 1979 rebellion against Idi Amin Dada.[8] Lessing moved to London with her youngest son in 1949 and it was at this time her first novel, The Grass Is Singing, was published.[2] Her breakthrough work was The Golden Notebook written in 1962.[10]
In 1984, she attempted to publish two novels under a pseudonym, Jane Somers, to demonstrate the difficulty new authors faced in trying to break into print. The novels were declined by Lessing's publisher in the UK but accepted by Knopf in the US.[12]
She declined a damehood, but accepted a Companion of Honour at the end of 1999 for "conspicuous national service".[13] She has also been made a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature.[14] On 11 October 2007, Lessing was announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.[15] At 87, she is the oldest person to have received the literature prize and the second oldest Nobel Laureate in any category.[16]"
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Lessing's fiction is commonly divided into three distinct phases: the Communist theme (1944-1956), when she was writing radically on social issues (and returned to in The Good Terrorist (1985)), the psychological theme (1956-1969), and after that the Sufi theme, which was explored in a science fiction setting in the Canopus series.
Her novel The Golden Notebook is considered a feminist classic by some scholars, but notably not by the author herself, who later wrote that its theme of mental breakdowns as a means of healing and freeing one's self from illusions had been overlooked by critics. Lessing does not like the idea of being pigeon-holed as a feminist author.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Lessing
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Post by Archer112 on Oct 13, 2007 8:34:21 GMT -5
she has an interesting life story
"Lessing was born to Captain Alfred Tayler and Emily Maude Tayler (née McVeagh), who were both English and of British nationality.[6] Her father, who had lost a leg during his service in World War I, met his future wife, a nurse, at the Royal Free Hospital where he was recovering from his amputation.[7][8]
Alfred Tayler moved his family to Kermanshah, in Persia (now Iran), in order to take up a job as a clerk for the Imperial Bank of Persia and it was here that Lessing was born in 1919.[9][10] The family then moved to the British colony of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1925 to farm maize, when Lessing's father purchased around one thousand acres of bush. Lessing's mother attempted to lead an Edwardian life style amongst the rough environment. The farm was not successful and failed to deliver the wealth Lessing's parents had expected.[2]
Lessing was educated at the Dominican Convent High School, a Roman Catholic convent all-girls school in Salisbury (now Harare).[11] Lessing left school aged 13, and thereafter was self-educated. She left home at 15 and worked as a nursemaid, and it was around this time that Lessing started reading material on politics and sociology that her employer gave her to read.[8] She began writing around this time. In 1937, Lessing moved to Salisbury to work as a telephone operator, and she soon married her first husband, Frank Wisdom, with whom she had two children, before the marriage ended in 1943.[8]
Following her divorce, Lessing was drawn to the Left Book Club, a socialist book club, and it was here that she met her second husband, Gottfried Lessing. They were married shortly after she joined the group and had a child together, before the marriage also ended in divorce in 1949. Gottfried Lessing would later become the East German ambassador to Uganda, but was accidentally killed in the 1979 rebellion against Idi Amin Dada.[8] Lessing moved to London with her youngest son in 1949 and it was at this time her first novel, The Grass Is Singing, was published.[2] Her breakthrough work was The Golden Notebook written in 1962.[10]
In 1984, she attempted to publish two novels under a pseudonym, Jane Somers, to demonstrate the difficulty new authors faced in trying to break into print. The novels were declined by Lessing's publisher in the UK but accepted by Knopf in the US.[12]
She declined a damehood, but accepted a Companion of Honour at the end of 1999 for "conspicuous national service".[13] She has also been made a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature.[14] On 11 October 2007, Lessing was announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.[15] At 87, she is the oldest person to have received the literature prize and the second oldest Nobel Laureate in any category.[16]"
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Lessing's fiction is commonly divided into three distinct phases: the Communist theme (1944-1956), when she was writing radically on social issues (and returned to in The Good Terrorist (1985)), the psychological theme (1956-1969), and after that the Sufi theme, which was explored in a science fiction setting in the Canopus series.
Her novel The Golden Notebook is considered a feminist classic by some scholars, but notably not by the author herself, who later wrote that its theme of mental breakdowns as a means of healing and freeing one's self from illusions had been overlooked by critics. Lessing does not like the idea of being pigeon-holed as a feminist author.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Lessing
That the Lit buff? |
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Post by INeverLikedYou on Oct 14, 2007 19:06:26 GMT -5
she has an interesting life story
"Lessing was born to Captain Alfred Tayler and Emily Maude Tayler (née McVeagh), who were both English and of British nationality.[6] Her father, who had lost a leg during his service in World War I, met his future wife, a nurse, at the Royal Free Hospital where he was recovering from his amputation.[7][8]
Alfred Tayler moved his family to Kermanshah, in Persia (now Iran), in order to take up a job as a clerk for the Imperial Bank of Persia and it was here that Lessing was born in 1919.[9][10] The family then moved to the British colony of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1925 to farm maize, when Lessing's father purchased around one thousand acres of bush. Lessing's mother attempted to lead an Edwardian life style amongst the rough environment. The farm was not successful and failed to deliver the wealth Lessing's parents had expected.[2]
Lessing was educated at the Dominican Convent High School, a Roman Catholic convent all-girls school in Salisbury (now Harare).[11] Lessing left school aged 13, and thereafter was self-educated. She left home at 15 and worked as a nursemaid, and it was around this time that Lessing started reading material on politics and sociology that her employer gave her to read.[8] She began writing around this time. In 1937, Lessing moved to Salisbury to work as a telephone operator, and she soon married her first husband, Frank Wisdom, with whom she had two children, before the marriage ended in 1943.[8]
Following her divorce, Lessing was drawn to the Left Book Club, a socialist book club, and it was here that she met her second husband, Gottfried Lessing. They were married shortly after she joined the group and had a child together, before the marriage also ended in divorce in 1949. Gottfried Lessing would later become the East German ambassador to Uganda, but was accidentally killed in the 1979 rebellion against Idi Amin Dada.[8] Lessing moved to London with her youngest son in 1949 and it was at this time her first novel, The Grass Is Singing, was published.[2] Her breakthrough work was The Golden Notebook written in 1962.[10]
In 1984, she attempted to publish two novels under a pseudonym, Jane Somers, to demonstrate the difficulty new authors faced in trying to break into print. The novels were declined by Lessing's publisher in the UK but accepted by Knopf in the US.[12]
She declined a damehood, but accepted a Companion of Honour at the end of 1999 for "conspicuous national service".[13] She has also been made a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature.[14] On 11 October 2007, Lessing was announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.[15] At 87, she is the oldest person to have received the literature prize and the second oldest Nobel Laureate in any category.[16]"
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Lessing's fiction is commonly divided into three distinct phases: the Communist theme (1944-1956), when she was writing radically on social issues (and returned to in The Good Terrorist (1985)), the psychological theme (1956-1969), and after that the Sufi theme, which was explored in a science fiction setting in the Canopus series.
Her novel The Golden Notebook is considered a feminist classic by some scholars, but notably not by the author herself, who later wrote that its theme of mental breakdowns as a means of healing and freeing one's self from illusions had been overlooked by critics. Lessing does not like the idea of being pigeon-holed as a feminist author.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Lessing
very interesting. Thanks Sanna! |
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Post by Kamikaze Parrot on Oct 15, 2007 13:36:44 GMT -5
she has an interesting life story
"Lessing was born to Captain Alfred Tayler and Emily Maude Tayler (née McVeagh), who were both English and of British nationality.[6] Her father, who had lost a leg during his service in World War I, met his future wife, a nurse, at the Royal Free Hospital where he was recovering from his amputation.[7][8]
Alfred Tayler moved his family to Kermanshah, in Persia (now Iran), in order to take up a job as a clerk for the Imperial Bank of Persia and it was here that Lessing was born in 1919.[9][10] The family then moved to the British colony of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1925 to farm maize, when Lessing's father purchased around one thousand acres of bush. Lessing's mother attempted to lead an Edwardian life style amongst the rough environment. The farm was not successful and failed to deliver the wealth Lessing's parents had expected.[2]
Lessing was educated at the Dominican Convent High School, a Roman Catholic convent all-girls school in Salisbury (now Harare).[11] Lessing left school aged 13, and thereafter was self-educated. She left home at 15 and worked as a nursemaid, and it was around this time that Lessing started reading material on politics and sociology that her employer gave her to read.[8] She began writing around this time. In 1937, Lessing moved to Salisbury to work as a telephone operator, and she soon married her first husband, Frank Wisdom, with whom she had two children, before the marriage ended in 1943.[8]
Following her divorce, Lessing was drawn to the Left Book Club, a socialist book club, and it was here that she met her second husband, Gottfried Lessing. They were married shortly after she joined the group and had a child together, before the marriage also ended in divorce in 1949. Gottfried Lessing would later become the East German ambassador to Uganda, but was accidentally killed in the 1979 rebellion against Idi Amin Dada.[8] Lessing moved to London with her youngest son in 1949 and it was at this time her first novel, The Grass Is Singing, was published.[2] Her breakthrough work was The Golden Notebook written in 1962.[10]
In 1984, she attempted to publish two novels under a pseudonym, Jane Somers, to demonstrate the difficulty new authors faced in trying to break into print. The novels were declined by Lessing's publisher in the UK but accepted by Knopf in the US.[12]
She declined a damehood, but accepted a Companion of Honour at the end of 1999 for "conspicuous national service".[13] She has also been made a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature.[14] On 11 October 2007, Lessing was announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.[15] At 87, she is the oldest person to have received the literature prize and the second oldest Nobel Laureate in any category.[16]"
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Lessing's fiction is commonly divided into three distinct phases: the Communist theme (1944-1956), when she was writing radically on social issues (and returned to in The Good Terrorist (1985)), the psychological theme (1956-1969), and after that the Sufi theme, which was explored in a science fiction setting in the Canopus series.
Her novel The Golden Notebook is considered a feminist classic by some scholars, but notably not by the author herself, who later wrote that its theme of mental breakdowns as a means of healing and freeing one's self from illusions had been overlooked by critics. Lessing does not like the idea of being pigeon-holed as a feminist author.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Lessing
very interesting. Thanks Sanna!
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