Doris Lessing (born 1919) was a South African expatriate writer known for her strong sense of feminism. A short story writer and novelist, as well as essayist and critic, Lessing was deeply concerned with the cultural inequities of her native land. The h...

Doris Lessing burst upon the British literary scene in 1950 with her first novel, The Grass Is Singing, and she has remained at the top ever since. In the past four decades, her work has had a profound and lasting influence on both women and men, and the...

[This entry was updated by Paul Schlueter from his entry in the Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, volume 8, pp. 228-254.] Doris Lessing burst upon the British literary scene in 1950 with her first novel, The Grass Is Singing, and she has...

THE MOMENT Hastings artist Yardena Doing Youner completed her latest photographic installation, she knew that it would be showcased in Germany, one day. Later this month, Ms. Youner will get her wish, when she travels to the University of Bremen to unveil A...

Her films are a I'dor va dor, from generation to generation, kind of thing. "They [family documentaries ] allow children to remember their relatives, to know what their hopes and dreams were," says Debbie Brodsky, who launched DMB Pictures, LLC (www.dmbpictures.com) in January...