Born: October 22, 1919, Kermanshah, Persia [Died] 17 November 2013, London, England. British author born in Persia. Full name Doris May Lessing, real name Doris May Tayler. At the age of five, she moved to Southern Rhodesia with her British parents and grew up on a farm (→ Rhodesian problem). After divorcing Gottfried Lessing in 1949, she moved to England with her son and was active as a member of the British Communist Party from 1952 to 1956. Many of her works are set in Africa, and she takes a left-wing stance, dealing with social and political themes including colonial issues. After her first work, The Grass Is Singing (1950), she established her reputation with the semi-autobiographical series Children of Violence (5 volumes, 1952-69). Her other works include the postmodern novel The Golden Notebook (1962), the science fiction series Canopus in Argos: Archives (5 volumes, 1979-83), The Cleft (2007), and an autobiography. She has also published two works under the pen name Jane Somers. In 2007, she became the first British woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Lessing |
[生]1919.10.22. ペルシア,ケルマーンシャー [没]2013.11.17. イギリス,ロンドン ペルシア生まれのイギリスの作家。フルネーム Doris May Lessing,本名 Doris May Tayler。5歳のときイギリス人の両親とともに南ローデシアに移住,農場で育つ(→ローデシア問題)。1949年ゴットフリート・レッシングと離婚後,息子を伴ってイギリスに渡り,1952~56年イギリス共産党員として活動。作品の多くはアフリカを舞台にし,左翼的立場に立って,植民地問題をはじめとする社会的,政治的主題を扱う。第一作『草は歌っている』The Grass Is Singing(1950)ののち,半自伝的な連作「暴力の子供たち」Children of Violence(5巻,1952~69)によって名声を確立。ほかに,ポストモダン小説『黄金のノート』The Golden Notebook(1962),SF連作「アルゴ座のカノープス」Canopus in Argos: Archives(5巻,1979~83),『ザ・クレフト』The Cleft(2007),自伝などがある。ジェーン・ソマーズの筆名でも 2作品を発表。2007年イギリス人女性としては初のノーベル文学賞を受賞した。 レッシング
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