Doris Lessing Books

Doris Lessing (1919–2013) was a British-Zimbabwean novelist, essayist, and memoirist whose work explored politics, colonialism, feminism, psychology, and human consciousness. Born in Persia and raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), she moved to London in 1949 and became one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. Her best-known books include The Grass Is Singing, The Golden Notebook, the Children of Violence series, and the science-fiction Canopus in Argos sequence. Lessing received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007, honoring her ability to examine divided societies and the complexities of individual identity.