Doris Lessing in pictures

Doris Lessing in 2007 Photograph: Eamonn McCabe for the Guardian

Bill Hopkins, John Wain, Lindsay Anderson, Tom Maschler, Doris Lessing and Kenneth Tynan at a party in 1957 to celebrate the publication of Declaration, an anthology of esays by the writers Photograph: Popperfoto/Popperfoto/Getty Images

Doris Lessing with John Osborne in 1961 along with Lady Read (left) and Sheila Delaney with Vanessa Redgrave (rear) Photograph: Reg Warhurst/Associated Newspapers/Rex

Doris Lessing in 1962 Photograph: Stuart Heydinger/Observer

Doris Lessing in France in 1981 Photograph: Sophie Bassouls/Sygma/Corbis

Doris Lessing at home in London in 2004 Photograph: Eamonn McCabe for the Guardian

Doris Lessing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2004 Photograph: Murdo Macleod

Doris Lessing chats with the media on the doorstep of her house in London in 2007 after being awarded the Nobel prize Photograph: Kieran Doherty/Reuters/Corbis

Doris Lessing shows off her Nobel prize in literature Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images