Doris Lessing

Lessing, Doris (1919– ), British novelist, raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), who has dealt perceptively with the struggles of intellectual women for political, sexual, and artistic integrity. Her major works include The Golden Notebook (1962), The Four-Gated City (1969, part of the Children of Violence series), and The Sirian Experiments (1981). Under My Skin (1994) is the first part of her autobiography. Part two, Walking in the Shade, was published in 1997.