DORIS LESSING
DORIS LESSING
Before her name was Tayler,
Iran, then known as Persia;
Alfred Tayler-father-lost a leg durin WW I, in hospital met his future wife
Maude Tayler- nurse,
Later they moved to Kermanshah(iran)
After drois was born they moved with british colony to southern rhodesia ( now zimbabwe)
She left home at 15 and worked as a nursemaid
Started reading material on politics and sociology, then started writing
Then moved to Salisbury and to work as a telphone operator-got married
Both these marriages failed, she has not been married since...
She moved to london with her youngest son. Other two sons she left with his father to south
africa
Published two novels under pseudonym- JANE SOMERS