DL - Doris Lessing Archive
Reference code
DL
Level of description
Collection
Title
Doris Lessing Archive
Date/s
1944-2007
Quantity & Format
4 sub-collections
Personal name
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013
Subject
Authorship
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Creator
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013
Scope and content
Doris Lessing holds the title of Distinguished Fellow in Literature at the University of East Anglia and received an Honorary degree from the UEA in 1985. She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007.
The collection includes a number of sub-collections:
DL/2008 A deposit made by DL in 2008 (general papers, 1969-2007).
DL/2013 A deposit of papers following the death of DL in 2013 (embargoed).
DL/MD Doris Lessing / Margaret Drabble Correspondence (deposited by MD).
DL/WHI The Whitehorn Letters - correspondence from DL to R.A.F. Pilot Officer John Whitehorn and his friend Coll MacDonald between 1944-1949. They provide insight into Doris's personal life in Rhodesia.
The collection includes a number of sub-collections:
DL/2008 A deposit made by DL in 2008 (general papers, 1969-2007).
DL/2013 A deposit of papers following the death of DL in 2013 (embargoed).
DL/MD Doris Lessing / Margaret Drabble Correspondence (deposited by MD).
DL/WHI The Whitehorn Letters - correspondence from DL to R.A.F. Pilot Officer John Whitehorn and his friend Coll MacDonald between 1944-1949. They provide insight into Doris's personal life in Rhodesia.
- DL - Doris Lessing Archive