Doris Lessing manuscripts, 1974-1978.

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Doris Lessing manuscripts, 1974-1978.

Collection consists of typescript, carbon copy typescript, photocopy typescript drafts, and galley proofs for the novel Memoirs of a Survivor; and typescript and carbon copy typescript drafts of the novella The Temptation of Jack Orkney.

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Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013

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Doris Lessing (b. October 22, 1919, Iran-d. November 17, 2013, London) was a British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer. Lessing was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. Lessing was the eleventh woman and the oldest person ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. In 2001, Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British literature....