Doris Lessing

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An English writer who won the Nobel Prize and wrote novels about society and people's minds

proper noun

: Doris Lessing

She also critiques Paul Fussell's The Great War and Modern Memory, and explores the writings of Virginia Woolf, Joan Didion, and Doris Lessing.

Examples

But the very modesty of this effort may have caused the "modernist" short story to be labeled "feminine"; at least that was the fear of Doris Lessing, who rejected the narrative of the moment in reaction against the temptation.

Academic text (1993)
Doris Lessing was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007 for her influential works.
Many readers appreciate the psychological depth found in Doris Lessing's novels.
Doris Lessing's storytelling often challenges societal norms and explores complex relationships.

Surface Forms

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Morphology

Doris + Lessing

This is a proper name; the constituents are personal names with no lexical meanings that would indicate 'English author and Nobel laureate.' The referential/encyclopedic knowledge required to identify Doris Lessing cannot be derived from the parts, so the expression is opaque to learners.

Etymology

Doris Lessing was born in what is now Iran and grew up in southern Africa, and those early experiences gave her a clear view of social and political life. That's why Doris Lessing is known as a major 'author' who wrote about society and the mind and who won the 'Nobel Prize' in Literature.