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It is 116 years today since Ian Fleming was born.
Ian Lancaster Fleming was an English author and journalist born in London. He created James Bond, code name 007 – one of the most famous fictional spies of the 20th century known from a great number of books, films, radio plays etc., only a small number of which were in fact written by Fleming. Some were a great deal better, but none has had the same impact.
Fleming came from a wealthy and p...
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Franzen, Jonathan
1959 -
The American author and essayist Jonathan Franzen was born in Western Springs, Illinois, but grew up in Webster Groves, a...
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Malmsten, Bodil
1944 - 2016
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James, Henry
1843 - 1916
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Stribling, T.S.
1881 - 1965
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