BRIEFING FOR A DESCENT INTO HELL Doris Lessing NOBEL PRIZE 1st Edition NOVEL

Description: Briefing For a Descent Into Hell by Doris Lessing 1st Edition First Printing w/ $6.95 DJ author won The Nobel Prize in 2007 Knopf, 1971. VG+. Minor shelf wear; clean, bright and tight, no interior permanent marks. Boards are solid, light wear. DJ creased front flap, some edge wear, top of spine small tear and crease. A quality collectible copy! Doris May Lessing CH, OBE; born 22 October 1919) is a Iranian-born British writer, author of works such as the novels The Grass is Singing and The Golden Notebook. In 2007, Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature. She was described by the Swedish Academy as “that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny”. Lessing is the eleventh woman to win the prize in its 106-year history, and also the oldest person ever to win the literature award. * Somerset Maugham Award (1954) * Prix Médicis étranger (1976) * Austrian State Prize for European Literature (1981) * Shakespeare-Preis der Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F. V. S., Hamburg (1982) * W. H. Smith Literary Award (1986) * Palermo Prize (1987) * Premio Internazionale Mondello (1987) * Premio Grinzane Cavour (1989) * James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography (1995) * Los Angeles Times Book Prize (1995) * Premi Internacional Catalunya (1999) * Order of the Companions of Honour (1999) * Companion of Literature of the Royal Society of Literature (2000) * David Cohen Prize (2001) * Premio Príncipe de Asturias (2001) * S.T. Dupont Golden PEN Award (2002) * Nobel Prize in Literature (2007)

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