1919 - 2013
Doris Lessing British Writer
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Doris Lessing was previously married to Gottfried Lessing (1945 - 1949) and Frank Wisdom (1939 - 1943).
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Relationship Statistics
| Type | Total | Longest | Average | Shortest |
|---|
| Married | 2 |
6 years
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6 years
|
6 years
|
|---|
| Total | 2 |
6 years
|
6 years
|
6 years
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|---|
Details
| First Name |
Doris
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| Middle Name |
May
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| Last Name |
Lessing
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| Maiden Name |
Tayler
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| Full Name at Birth |
Doris May Tayler
|
| Birthday |
22nd October, 1919
|
| Birthplace |
Kermanshah, Iran
|
| Died |
17th November, 2013
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| Place of Death |
London, England, UK
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| Build |
Average
|
| Eye Color |
Brown - Dark
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| Hair Color |
Grey
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| Zodiac Sign |
Libra
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| Sexuality |
Straight
|
| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
Writer
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| Occupation |
Writer
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Novel, short story, biography, drama, libretto, poetry
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| Official Websites |
http://www.dorislessing.org/, http://dorislessing.org/
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| Father |
Captain Alfred Tayler
|
| Mother |
Emily Maude McVeagh Tayler
|
Doris May Lessing CH OMG (née Tayler; 22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a British-Zimbabwean (Rhodesian)
novelist. She was born to British parents in Iran, where she lived until 1925. Her family then moved to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where she remained until moving in 1949 to London, England. Her novels include The Grass Is Singing (1950), the sequence of five novels collectively called Children of Violence (1952–1969), The Golden Notebook (1962), The Good Terrorist (1985), and five novels collectively known as Canopus in Argos: Archives (1979–1983).
