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Also Known As	Jane Somers • Doris May Tayler • Doris May Lessing
Born	October 22, 1919 • Kermānshāh • Iran
Died	November 17, 2013 (aged 94) • London • England • (Anniversary in 4 days)
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (2007)
Notable Works	“Children of Violence” • “The Cleft” • “The Golden Notebook” • “The Grass Is Singing” • “The Memoirs of a Survivor” • “The Sweetest Dream” • “Time Bites”