- She allegedly refused both an O.B.E. (Officer of the order of the British Empire) in 1977 and Damehood in 1993.
- Lives in West Hampstead, London, UK. (1999)
- She was awarded the CH (Companion of Honour) in the Queen's 2000 Millennium Honors List for her services to Literature.
- Has lived in London since 1949.
- Born to Captain Alfred Tayler and his wife Emily Maude McVeagh, she was born in Persia (now Iran) and grew up in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbawe).
- Her most noted books include "The Golden Notebook" (1962), a feminist classic, "Briefing for a Descent into Hell" (1971), "Memoirs of a Survivor" (1974) and the "Canopus in Argos: Archives" series (1979-1983).
- Was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007, becoming the oldest person to have received the award in this category (11 October 2007).
- Mother of John Wisdom, Jean Wisdom and Peter Lessing.
- London NW1, England (June 2008)
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