Doris Lessing in 2007Photograph: Eamonn McCabe for the GuardianBill 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 writersPhotograph: Popperfoto/Popperfoto/Getty ImagesDoris 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 1962Photograph: Stuart Heydinger/ObserverDoris Lessing in France in 1981Photograph: Sophie Bassouls/Sygma/CorbisDoris Lessing at home in London in 2004Photograph: Eamonn McCabe for the GuardianDoris Lessing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2004Photograph: Murdo MacleodDoris Lessing chats with the media on the doorstep of her house in London in 2007 after being awarded the Nobel prizePhotograph: Kieran Doherty/Reuters/CorbisDoris Lessing shows off her Nobel prize in literaturePhotograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images
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