Les·sing (l s  ng), Doris Born 1919. British writer known for her five-volume series Children of Violence (1952-1969) and for The Golden Notebook (1962). |
| Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim 1729-1781. German playwright and critic. A leader of the Enlightenment, he wrote the plays Minna von Barnheim (1763) and Nathan the Wise (1779). |
Lessing [ˈlɛsɪŋ]
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1. (Biographies / Lessing, Doris (May) (1919 F, Englishnational of birth: Rhodesian, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: 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), Memoirs of a Survivor (1974), a series of science-fiction works (1979-83), The Good Terrorist (1985), and Love Again (1996)
2. (Biographies / Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim (1729-1781) M, German, THEATRE: dramatist, WRITING: critic) Gotthold Ephraim (ˈgɔthɔlt 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)
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| Noun | 1. |  Lessing - German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781) |
| 2. | Lessing - English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919) |
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