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Doris Lessing(1919-2013)

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Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing was born on 22 October 1919 in Kermanshah, Persia [now Iran]. She was a writer, known for Perfect mothers (2013), Maupassant (1963) and Memoirs of a Survivor (1981). She was married to Gottfried Anton Nicolai Lessing and Frank Charles Wisdom. She died on 17 November 2013 in London, England, UK.
BornOctober 22, 1919
DiedNovember 17, 2013(94)
BornOctober 22, 1919
DiedNovember 17, 2013(94)
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Doris Lessing

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Robin Wright, Naomi Watts, Xavier Samuel, and James Frecheville in Perfect mothers (2013)
Perfect mothers
6.2
  • Writer
  • 2013
Maupassant (1963)
Maupassant
TV Series
  • Writer
Memoirs of a Survivor (1981)
Memoirs of a Survivor
5.4
  • Writer
  • 1981
Gräset sjunger (1981)
Gräset sjunger
5.1
  • Writer
  • 1981

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  • Guslagie Malanda in Mon amie Victoria (2014)
    Mon amie Victoria
    6.4
    • novel
    • 2014
  • Robin Wright, Naomi Watts, Xavier Samuel, and James Frecheville in Perfect mothers (2013)
    Perfect mothers
    6.2
    • book "The Grandmothers"
    • 2013
  • Schooling the World (2010)
    Schooling the World
    7.8
    • quotation
    • 2010
  • Rue du retrait (2001)
    Rue du retrait
    7.6
    • book "The Diary of a Good Neighbour"
    • 2001
  • Valérie Stroh in Un homme et deux femmes (1991)
    Un homme et deux femmes
    6.6
    • shorts Un homme et deux femmes; L'Un, l'autre; Notre amie Judith
    • 1991
  • Rakkauskirje
    TV Movie
    • short story "An Unposted Love Letter"
    • 1984
  • Gräset sjunger (1981)
    Gräset sjunger
    5.1
    • novel "The Grass Is Singing"
    • 1981
  • Memoirs of a Survivor (1981)
    Memoirs of a Survivor
    5.4
    • novel
    • 1981
  • Tigerlek
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1969
  • Theatre 625 (1964)
    Theatre 625
    7.6
    TV Series
    • play
    • 1967
  • Half Hour Story (1967)
    Half Hour Story
    8.1
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1967
  • Diane Cilento in Blackmail (1965)
    Blackmail
    7.9
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1966
  • Novela (1963)
    Novela
    5.4
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1964
  • Maupassant (1963)
    Maupassant
    TV Series
    • adaptation
    • script "A Sale"
    • 1963
  • Donald Pleasence and Betsy Blair in Love Story (1963)
    Love Story
    7.4
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1963

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Jane Somers
  • Born
    • October 22, 1919
    • Kermanshah, Persia [now Iran]
  • Died
    • November 17, 2013
    • London, England, UK(old age)
  • Spouses
      Gottfried Anton Nicolai Lessing1945 - 1949 (divorced, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Novel: "The Sweetest Dram," 2001.
  • Publicity listings
    • 5 Articles

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  • Trivia
    She allegedly refused both an O.B.E. (Officer of the order of the British Empire) in 1977 and Damehood in 1993.
  • Quotes
    There's only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best.

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