Doris Lessing

Doris May Lessing was a British novelist – sometimes identified as Rhodesian early in her career – and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. Lessing was born to British parents in Iran, where she lived until she was 6 in 1925.

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Who was born first?

• Doris Lessing and Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar were born the same year
• Doris Lessing and Iris Murdoch were born the same year
• Doris Lessing and G. E. M. Anscombe were born the same year
• Doris Lessing and Mary Midgley were born the same year
• Doris Lessing and P. F. Strawson were born the same year

Timeline

1. Doris Lessing (this page)October 22, 1919 – November 17, 2013
2. G. E. M. AnscombeMarch 18, 1919 – January 5, 2001
3. Iris MurdochJuly 15, 1919 – February 8, 1999
4. Jayachamarajendra WadiyarJuly 18, 1919 – September 23, 1974
5. Mary MidgleySeptember 13, 1919 – October 10, 2018
6. P. F. StrawsonNovember 23, 1919 – February 13, 2006

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