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Doris Lessing

A special tribute to Dorris Lessing who became the oldest winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 2007.

The British author Doris Lessing died on 17 November at the age of 94. As a tribute the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service revisits Doris Lessing’s discussion with Harriett Gilbert from a 2003 edition of World Book Club, when she talked about her debut novel The Grass is Singing, which was published in 1950.

In an introduction to the original interview, Harriett remembers her encounters with Doris Lessing with affection and reminds us of the fact that she became the oldest winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007 when she won the award for her life’s work.

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Sun 24 Nov 2013 20:32GMT

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