Nobel laureate: Doris Lessing
Born: 1919-10-22, Kermanshah, Persia (now Iran)
Died: 2013-11-17, London, United Kingdom
Gender: female
Prizes:
year: 2007
category: literature
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motivation: "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny"