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English writer Doris Lessing
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who ended her formal schooling at age 13 and wenton to write novels that explored relationships between the genders and races
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won the2007 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday.
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The Swedish Academy cited her as"that epicist of the female experience, who with skepticism,fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilization to scrutiny."
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Lessing, who turns 88 in just over a week, wasborn to British parents who were living in what is now Iran.
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The family later moved towhat is now Zimbabwe, where she largely grew up.
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Lessing made her debut with TheGrass Is Singing in 1950.
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Her other works include the semiautobiographical Children ofViolence series, largely set in Africa.
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Her breakthrough was the 1962 Golden Notebook, the academy said.
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Her other important novels include The Summer before Darkin 1973 and The Fifth Child in 1988.
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