Doris Lessing (Doris May Tayler, 22 ga Oktoba 1919 - 17 Nuwamba 2013) marubuciyar Burtaniya ce. A 2007, an ba ta lambar yabo ta Nobel a Adabi. Masu ba da rahoto sun gaya wa Doris cewa ta lashe kyautar Nobel kuma sun tambaye ta "Shin ba ki yi mamaki ba?". Ta ce ta riga ta "lashe duk wasu kyaututtukan adabin Turai" don haka samun kyaututtukan al'ada ne. An haifi Lessing a Iran a ranar 22 ga Oktoba 1919. Iyayenta duka turawa ne. Sun hadu ne a Royal Free Hospital . Mahaifinta, Kyaftin Alfred Tayler, mai haƙuri ne saboda ya rasa ƙafarsa a Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya. Mahaifiyarta, Emily Maude Tayler (sunan budurci McVeagh), ma'aikaciyar jinya ce. Alfred Tayler da matarsa sun ƙaura zuwa Kermanshah, Iran. Ya fara aiki a can a matsayin magatakarda na Babban Bankin Farisa . An haifi Doris anan 1919. Daga baya, dangin sun ƙaura zuwa mulkin mallaka na Kudancin Rhodesia (wanda yanzu ake kira Zimbabwe ) a 1925 don noman masara. Lessing yayi karatu a Makarantar Sakandaren Dominican Convent a Salisbur (yanzu Harare ). Makarantar zuhudun Katolika ce ta 'yan mata.