Lessing

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  1. Lessing, Doris (May) 1919-; Brit. writer
  2. Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim 1729-81; Ger. dramatist & critic

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British writer known for her five-volume series Children of Violence (1952-1969) and for The Golden Notebook (1962).

, 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).
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