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Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013

 Person

Biography

Doris May Lessing CH OMG was a British-Zimbabwean novelist. She was born to British parents in Iran, where she lived until 1925. Her family then moved to Southern Rhodesia, where she remained until moving in 1949 to London, England.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Claire Sprague archive of the Doris Lessing Society, 1976-1991

 Collection
Identifier: 1996-007
Scope and Contents The Claire Sprague archive of the Doris Lessing Society consists of materials collected during Claire Sprague's tenure as president of the Doris Lesing Society (1980-1988) and as editor of the Doris Lessing Newsletter (1982-1988). It includes a full set of the newsletter from Winter 1976 through Spring 1988 with scattered issues after 1988, typescripts of many articles submitted to the newsletter, and related editorial correspondence. The archive relates to the Doris Lessing Society's...
Dates: 1976 - 1991

Doris Lessing manuscripts, 1974-1985

 Collection
Identifier: 1976-010
Scope and Contents

Consists of the typescript, carbon copy typescript, photocopied typescript, and galley proofs for the novel, Memoirs of a Survivor; typescript and carbon copy typescript of the novella, the Temptation of Jack Orkney; and the typesetter's copy and master galleys of The Good Terrorist.

Dates: 1971 - 1985

United States: Embassy, 1953 - 1982

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.216
Scope and Contents

Exchange between Ellmann and the US Embassy.

Dates: 1953 - 1982