Nobel-winning author Lessing dies

DORIS Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and author of The Golden Notebook, has died aged 94.

The British author died peacefully at her London home in the early hours of this morning, a spokesman said.

Born in Iran in 1919, Ms Lessing grew up in Southern Rhodesia before emigrating to London after the Second World War with the manuscript of her first novel, The Grass Is Singing, in her suitcase.

It was published in 1950 and across the course of her life she produced 54 further works, including poetry, two operas, short stories, plays and non-fiction.

In 2007, she became the oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize, aged 88, and only the 11th woman to win the award.

Jonathan Clowes, her long time friend and agent, said today that he was greatly saddened by the news.

"She was a wonderful writer with a fascinating and original mind; it was a privilege to work for her and we shall miss her immensely," he said.

The writer is survived by her daughter Jean and granddaughters Anna and Susannah.

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