Feb 14 2013
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For her first English language film, French filmmaker Anne Fontaine (best known for 2009's Coco Before Chanel)…
Oct 22 2010
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She turns 91 today, though she probably couldn't care less (as was her famous response to winning the Nobel). As for…
Nov 11 2008
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The Golden Notebook Project went live yesterday, and it involves seven female intellectuals and writers discussing…
Oct 23 2008
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Doris Lessing: Nobel Prize winner, badass mama jama, friend to animals, writers and Commies. She tells the Times of…
Jul 3 2008
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Gloriously salty bitch and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing gave an interview to Time and she was hilariously cranky…
May 12 2008
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Our favorite salty old lady Doris Lessing is still all grumpy about having won the 2007 Nobel Prize for literature, calling it a "bloody disaster." She says that all the attention has been less than constructive, "All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed." The 88-year-old also says that she's no…
Feb 11 2008
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It must be really awesome to be so old and admired that you can say whatever the fuck you want. Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing, a Jezebel favorite, told a Stockholm paper that she believes Obama will be assassinated if he is elected president. The 88-year-old pistol said, "[Obama] would probably not last long, a…
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Nov 28 2007
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Nobel Prize winner and official Jezebel hot bitch Doris Lessing is too sick to attend her Nobel award ceremony in Stockholm. We're hoping for your speedy recovery, Doris!
Oct 24 2007
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Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing really does live by the Jezebel mantra "fuck discretion." In an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Pais, Lessing took aim at the most taboo of subjects: 9/11. "September 11 was terrible, but if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasn't that…
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Oct 15 2007
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Looks like we're not the only ones on the internet who think Doris Lessing is a hot bitch. Since she was declared the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday, Lessing's MySpace profile has been inundated with friend requests. Though Doris does not maintain the page herself, her extant stats include:…
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Oct 11 2007
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Today, the press greeted Golden Notebook author Doris Lessing as she arrived at her home in a taxi. In the clip…
Oct 11 2007
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Doris Lessing is an awesomely salty old bitch. This morning when she was told about her Nobel Prize win, Doris's first reaction was, "Oh Christ! ... I couldn't care less." Lessing continued, "I can't say I'm overwhelmed with surprise. I'm 88 years old and they can't give the Nobel to someone who's dead, so I think… Read more
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Oct 11 2007
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Doris Lessing, the author of feminist mainstay The Golden Notebook, was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature today, the 11th woman to receive the honor. Lessing, who was attacked as "unfeminine" when The Golden Notebook debuted in 1962, responded by saying: "Apparently what many women were thinking, feeling,…
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