Doris Lessing talking about writing

An interview with author Doris Lessing and her translator, Krista Kaer. This clip is from a DVD published by nemcom.tv available from Amazon.

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[DONTMAKEMELAUGH]

Oh to understand the brain of a writer (I stand in awe!!!!).

[Alexsunny2012]

If you have known a tiny part of her achievement you wouldn't have said like that...and,by now she is 90 years old,be repectful....

[AlwaysAbiggerFish]

How do you write to doris lessing? who is her publisher?

[UnoRaza]

@DONTMAKEMELAUGH Totally agree, and "who are these characters that pop onto the page?"

Could it be these bodies are not only containers, but can also host multiple benevolent 'souls' or spirits for lack of better words, and on a temporary basis?

ie. To allow their expression in an almost channel like way; her description sounded like a benevolent and positive "possession".

[JonbeshTV]

* Premi Internacional Catalunya (1999)[33] * Order of the Companions of Honour (1999) * Companion of Literature of the Royal Society of Literature (2000) * David Cohen Prize (2001) * Premio Príncipe de Asturias (2001) * S.T. Dupont Golden PEN Award (2002) * Nobel Prize in Literature (2007)

( that was just the most important awards)

[JonbeshTV]

* Somerset Maugham Award (1954) * Prix Médicis étranger (1976) * Austrian State Prize for European Literature (1981) * Shakespeare-Preis der Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F. V. S., Hamburg (1982) * W. H. Smith Literary Award (1986) * Palermo Prize (1987) * Premio Internazionale Mondello (1987) * Premio Grinzane Cavour (1989) * James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography (1995) * Los Angeles Times Book Prize (1995)

[waalkwriter]

I must say, the woman has aged so gracefully. I'd like to see some more recent interviews with her, three years later and see if she is still doing well.

[LinneaMusic]

i write books and all i have to say is that you are bearly is capable of controlling the story. You write it all down but when you look at it you ask yourself where the hell all of this came from. So i understand Lessing...

[mennella2000]

@DONTMAKEMELAUGH

Some writers are full of shit, don

[ramalekshmans]

get lost from this place...you lowbrows

[diablocodyify]

cholera in a TiM.e of L.oV.e. is better than the guinness brochure of records of famous lazy floridian atletes...and salman rushdie-esqu clowns and payasos

[mikegibbowr]

This is a good start... but more depth on the subject would carry it further... M.G.