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Doris Lessing
Michael Dean talks to author Doris Lessing, who discusses the changes that have taken place in her literary work, personal life and political allegiance with great candour. (1980)
In this wide-ranging interview, Michael Dean talks to author Doris Lessing in her Cricklewood home. Lessing, whose novels include The Grass Is Singing, The Golden Notebook and the Canopus in Argos: Archives science fiction series, discusses the many changes that have taken place in her literary work, personal life and political allegiance with great candour.
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Wed 7 May 1980
18:55
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
Did You Know?
Doris Lessing was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. At the time, she was only the 11th woman to have received the prestigious award in the prize's 106-year history.
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