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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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Oz, Amos
1939 - 2018
Amos Oz is the pseudonym of the Israeli novelist Amos Klausner. He was born in Jerusalem to Yehuda Arieh Klausner, a...
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Bach, Tamara
1976 -
Tamara Bach was born in the town of Limburg an der Lahn. When she was eight years old she moved with her family to...
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Mahfouz, Naguib
1911 - 2006
Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo as the youngest child of five boys and two girls. His family was of Muslim middle-class...
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King, Laurie R.
1952 -
American author and theologian, born as Laurie Richardson in Oakland, California. The family moved several times within the...
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