epicist

An epicist is a special kind of Catholic priest who drives the devil out of the details; to confuse demons, they take unto themselves the names of long-dead authors of dull historical novels.

Nobel Prize Bill Crider 2007

The academy described Lessing as 'that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny.'

Archive 2007-10-07 Bill Crider 2007

The academy described Lessing as 'that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny.'

Nobel Prize Bill Crider 2007

Crider, who showed promise as a poet and then as a novelist favoring shorter works, has in recent years become a fourth-rate epicist.

Nobel Prize Bill Crider 2007

[AS] – They describe you, in their citation, as "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny".

Doris Lessing - Interview 2007

If only I were an epicist, I might have had a chance.

Nobel Prize Bill Crider 2007

She was described by the Swedish Academy as “that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny”.

doris lessing | a hunger for books « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2007

Announcing the award in Stockholm, the Swedish Academy described her as “that epicist of the female experience, who with skepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilization to scrutiny.”

Doris Lessing Wins Nobel Prize in Literature William Harryman 2007

The Nobel Prize site describes her as: "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny"

Doris Lessing Wins Nobel Prize Divers 2007

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2007 is awarded to the English writer Doris Lessing, "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny."

Archive 2007-10-01 M-mv 2007