Lessing's 1962 book was regarded as among the most important feminist novels of its time. She died Sunday. Fresh Air's Terry Gross interviewed... Fresh Air Remembers 'Golden Notebook' Author Doris ...

In 1962, our reviewer described this radically feminist novel — now considered Lessing’s most influential work — as “a coruscating literary event.” Credit...Eleanor Taylor Supported by THE GOLDEN ...

Doris Lessing, the Nobel Prize-winning author whose novel “Adore” was adapted as a Naomi Watts starter this year, has died in London. She was 94. Her publisher, HarperCollins, said the author of more ...

Doris Lessing, one of the most celebrated British writers of the last century who wrote The Golden Notebook and The Grass is Singing, died peacefully early Sunday. She was 94. Lessing began her career ...

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 ...

Lara Feigel explores the life of writer Doris Lessing on the tenth anniversary of her death through the lens of her most pioneering work, The Golden Notebook. Show more On awarding the writer Doris ...

Just shy of her 89th birthday, English writer Doris Lessing has attracted many labels in the past six decades: feminist, Communist, activist, social commentator and — as of last year — Nobel laureate.

Your browser does not support the audio element. Pankaj Mishra joins Adam Shatz to discuss The Golden Notebook, Doris Lessing’s formally brilliant and startlingly ...

LONDON — Doris Lessing emerged from a black cab outside her home in London one day in 2007 and was confronted by a horde of reporters. When told she had won the Nobel Prize, she blinked and retorted ...

In recent years the life of cultivated people has been marked by a fierce attachment to "personal values." I put the phrase in quote marks to point toward something more problematic than the usual web ...

Author Doris Lessing, who won a Nobel Prize for her life of literature, died Sunday at age 94, her publisher, HarperCollins, said. The British author was best known for “The Golden Notebook,” which is ...

How self-revealing and frank should a writer be? Lara Feigel, David Aaronovitch, Melissa Benn and Xiaolu Guo join Matthew Sweet to look at the life of Doris Lessing and her 1962 novel in which she ...