多丽斯·莱辛(Doris Lessing,1919— )在非洲一直生活到1949年。她的许多小说和短篇故事除近年来以外层空间为题材进行创作之外,均是以南非或英国为背景的。她的全部作品都是在她三十岁那年移居英国后出版的,所以,人们将她视为英国作家而不是非洲作家。莱辛的作品主要描写那些卷入二十世纪社会变革和政治运动中的人们。正如莱辛本人一样,她笔下的许多人物都是左翼政治活动家,而且大部分为女性。随 Doris Lessing (1919-) lived in Africa until 1949. Many of her novels and short stories are based on South Africa or the United Kingdom, except for the creation of outer space in recent years. All of her works were published after she moved to England in her thirties, so people regard her as a British writer rather than an African writer. Lessing’s work mainly describes those involved in the twentieth century social change and political movements of people. Like Lessing himself, many of her characters are left-wing political activists, and most are women. With