Doris Lessing
(1919-2013), Writer; Nobel Prize winnerDoris May Lessing
Sitter in 17 portraits
Writer, Doris Lessing was born in Iran, brought up in Zimbabwe and lived in Britain from 1949 until her death in 2013. Her first novel, The Grass is Singing (1950), was followed by numerous novels, short stories and plays, including her best known work The Golden Notebook (1962), which was adopted by the feminist movement. Her writings touched on diverse themes from race politics, colonialism and communism to gender and science fiction. She was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature and her final book Alfred and Emily was published in 2008.
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 25 February 1992
NPG P823
by Leonard William McComb
oil on canvas, 1999
NPG 6516
by Leonard William McComb
pencil, 1999
NPG 6517(1)
by Leonard William McComb
oil on canvas, 1999
NPG 6517(2)
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, early 1950s
NPG x88537
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, late 1950s, printed 2011
NPG x132971
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, early 1950s
NPG x127281
by Mark Gerson
modern bromide print, April 1956
NPG x88216
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, late 1950s
NPG x134001
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 5 December 1969
NPG x166012
by Granville Davies
bromide fibre print, May 1988
NPG x31037
by Reme Campos
chromogenic print, Published 20 April 2008
NPG x138156
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