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She was born to British parents in Iran , where she lived until Her family then moved to Southern Rhodesia now Zimbabwe , where she remained until moving in to London, England. Lessing was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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In awarding the prize, the Swedish Academy described her as "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny". In Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British literature. In The Times ranked her fifth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since ".

In the family moved to the British colony of Southern Rhodesia now Zimbabwe to farm maize and other crops on about 1, acres ha of bush that Alfred bought.

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In the rough environment, his wife Emily aspired to lead an Edwardian lifestyle. It might have been possible had the family been wealthy; in reality, they were short of money and the farm delivered very little income. She left home at 15 and worked as a nursemaid. She started reading material that her employer gave her on politics and sociology [ 9 ] and began writing around this time.

In Doris moved to Salisbury to work as a telephone operator , and she soon married her first husband, civil servant Frank Wisdom, with whom she had two children John, —, and Jean, born in , before the marriage ended in After the divorce, Doris's interest was drawn to the community around the Left Book Club , an organisation she had joined the year before.

They married shortly after she joined the group, and had a child together Peter, — , before they divorced in She did not marry again. Lessing moved to London in with her younger son, Peter, to pursue her writing career and socialist beliefs, but left the two older children with their father Frank Wisdom.