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.

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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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