Interview Details

Title & Link

Doris Lessing – Interview - NobelPrize.org

Publish Date

April 14, 2008

Interviewees

Interviewers

Adam Smith, John Mullan

Publisher

Nobel Foundation

Topics

autobiographical nature of 'Children of Violence' novels

being an earth mother in the 1960s

inspiration for first book 'The Grass is Singing'

latest novel 'Alfred and Emily'

novel 'The Golden Notebook'

novels published under pseudonym Jane Somers

reasons for stopping autobiographies in 1962

writing science fiction with 'Canopus in Argos' series

People Mentioned

Works Mentioned

'Alfred and Emily'

'Briefing for a Descent into Hell'

'Canopus in Argos' series

'Memoirs of a Survivor'

'Shikasta' series

'The Fifth Child'

'The Golden Notebook'

'The Grass is Singing'

novels published under pseudonym Jane Somers

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