Lessing

[ les-ing ]

noun

1. Doris (May), 1919–2013, British novelist in Africa; born in Persia; Nobel Prize in Literature 2007.
2. Gott·hold E·phra·im [gawt, -hawlt , ey, -f, r, ah-im], 1729–81, German critic and dramatist.

Lessing

/ ˈlɛsɪŋ /

noun

1. LessingDoris (May)1919FEnglishRhodesianWRITING: novelistWRITING: short-story writer Doris ( May ). born 1919, English novelist and short-story writer, brought up in Rhodesia: her novels include the five-novel sequence Children of Violence (1952–69), The Golden Notebook (1962), a series of science-fiction works (1979–83), The Good Terrorist (1985), and The Sweetest Dream (2001). Nobel prize for literature 2007
2. LessingGotthold Ephraim17291781MGermanTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: critic Gotthold Ephraim (ˈɡɔthɔlt ˈeːfrɑɪm). 1729–81, German dramatist and critic. His plays include Miss Sara Sampson (1755), the first German domestic tragedy, and Nathan der Weise (1779). He is noted for his criticism of French classical dramatists, and for his treatise on aesthetics Laokoon (1766)

Example Sentences

The victims were discovered Tuesday night when sheriff’s deputies responded to a wellness check in a remote desert landscape near Lessing Avenue and Shadow Mountain Road, off U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

Tuesday in an isolated desert area near Lessing Avenue and Shadow Mountain Road, near U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

Previous winners of the prize - given for a body of work, rather than a book - have included Toni Morrison, Doris Lessing, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Bob Dylan.

From BBC

Lawrence, Doris Lessing, Marguerite Duras and Thomas Hardy, Gornick astutely shows how books are intertwined with ourselves, shifting and evolving over time even as we do.

From Seattle Times

But based on their track record, the outlook for Simon & Schuster, publisher of important authors like Ernest Hemingway, Siddhartha Mukherjee and Doris Lessing, darkened considerably this week.

From Los Angeles Times