If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, t… - Doris Lessing

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If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air.

Doris Lessing

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Doris Lessing (22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a British writer, born Doris May Tayler. In October 2007, Lessing became the eleventh woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in its 106-year history, and its oldest ever recipient.

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Birth Name: Doris May Tayler

Native Name: Doris May Lessing

Alternative Names: Jane Somers

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If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air. - Doris Lessing

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