Doris Lessing in pictures
Author and Nobel laureate for literature Doris Lessing has died aged 94. Her body of work delved into human relations and inspired a generation of feminist writers
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Doris Lessing in 2007
Photograph: Eamonn McCabe for the Guardian
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Bill Hopkins, John Wain, Lindsay Anderson, Tom Maschler, Doris Lessing and Kenneth Tynan at a party in 1957 to celebrate the publication of Declaration, an anthology of esays by the writers
Photograph: Popperfoto/Popperfoto/Getty Images
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Doris Lessing with John Osborne in 1961 along with Lady Read (left) and Sheila Delaney with Vanessa Redgrave (rear)
Photograph: Reg Warhurst/Associated Newspapers/Rex
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Doris Lessing in 1962
Photograph: Stuart Heydinger/Observer
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Doris Lessing in France in 1981
Photograph: Sophie Bassouls/Sygma/Corbis
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Doris Lessing at home in London in 2004
Photograph: Eamonn McCabe for the Guardian
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Doris Lessing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2004
Photograph: Murdo Macleod
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Doris Lessing chats with the media on the doorstep of her house in London in 2007 after being awarded the Nobel prize
Photograph: Kieran Doherty/Reuters/Corbis
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Doris Lessing shows off her Nobel prize in literature
Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images
