Doris Lessing

Nobel Lecture

On not winning the Nobel Prize

The Nobel Lecture in Literature was delivered on Friday 7 December at the Swedish Academy, Stockholm, by Nicholas Pearson, Doris Lessing’s publisher in the UK. He was introduced by Horace Engdahl, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy.

Presentation

The Nobel Lecture in Literature was delivered on Friday 7 December at the Swedish Academy, Stockholm, by Nicholas Pearson, Doris Lessing’s publisher in the UK. He was introduced by Horace Engdahl, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy.

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MLA style: Doris Lessing – Nobel Lecture. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2020. Wed. 30 Sep 2020. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2007/lessing/lecture/>

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