Wissenswertes

She allegedly refused both an O.B.E. (Officer of the order of the British Empire) in 1977 and Damehood in 1993.

Lives in West Hampstead, London, UK. (1999)

She was awarded the CH (Companion of Honour) in the Queen's 2000 Millennium Honors List for her services to Literature.

Has lived in London since 1949.

Born to Captain Alfred Tayler and his wife Emily Maude McVeagh, she was born in Persia (now Iran) and grew up in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbawe).

Her most noted books include "The Golden Notebook" (1962), a feminist classic, "Briefing for a Descent into Hell" (1971), "Memoirs of a Survivor" (1974) and the "Canopus in Argos: Archives" series (1979-1983).

Was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007, becoming the oldest person to have received the award in this category (11 October 2007).

Mother of John Wisdom, Jean Wisdom and Peter Lessing.

London NW1, England (Juni 2008)