dorismaylessing,ch,obe(néetayler;born22october1919)isabritishwriter,authorofworkssuchasthenovelsthegrassissingingandthegoldennotebook.in2007,lessingwonthenobelprizeinliterature.shewasdescribedbytheswedishacademyasthatepicistofthefemaleexperience,whowithscepticism,fireandvisionarypowerhassubjectedadividedcivilisationtoscrutiny.lessingistheeleventhwomantowintheprizeinits106-yearhistory,andalsotheoldestpersonevertowintheliteratureaward.