1. Doris
Lessing
Fàtima Naimi Cheddad
2012-13

2. Objective
• Biography
• Literary Work
• Awards
• Bibliography

3. Biography
22 October 1919 (Kermanshah, Persia)
British nationality
African writer
Biography, Drama, Libretto, Novel, Poem
and Short story.

4. Literary work
• 1950: First book.
• 1956: Stay banned in South Africa
• 1962: Increased fame
• 1995: Return to South Africa

5. Awards
• 1981: Austrian State Prize for European Literature
• 1982: Shakespeare prize of Federal Republic of
Germany
• 1999: “Premi Internacional de Catalunya”
• 2001: Premio Príncipe de Asturias.
• 2007: Nobel Prize in Literature.

6. Bibliography
The grass is
singing.
The Golden
Notebook
Briefing for a
Descent into Hell
The Good terrorist Canopus in Argos The Cleft

7. Conclusion