Doris Lessing, who died on November 17 at age 94, won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature for her prolific writings ranging from autobiography to what she called “space fiction.” Sometimes overlooked ...

Heller McAlpin reviews books for a variety of publications, including Newsday and the Boston Globe. DORIS LESSING has never been one to shy from bold moves. She married early to escape her overbearing ...

Doris Lessing, the novelist who for six decades has been a fierce and wide-ranging chronicler of the rifts between men and women, black and white, and the self and society, has won the 2007 Nobel ...

Doris Lessing, who died on November 17, 2013 at age 94, won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature for her prolific writings ranging from autobiography to what she called “space fiction.” Sometimes ...

Doris Lessing is dead, finally dead at age 94. When I heard the news I thought right away of the moment when Jane Eyre is being terrified into obedience by the loathsome Mr. Brocklehurst. “Should you ...

Ms. Lessing was an uninhibited and outspoken novelist who produced dozens of novels, short stories, essays and poems, embarking on dizzying and at times stultifying literary experiments. By Helen T.