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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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Författarporträtt av Fløgstad, Kjartan

Fløgstad, Kjartan
1944 -

Norwegian author born in the industrial city of Sauda. He has worked at the smelting plant in Sauda and on a Norwegian...

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Författarporträtt av Rinehart, Mary Roberts

Rinehart, Mary Roberts
1876 - 1958

Mary Roberts Rinehart was an American author. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, today part of Pittsburgh. Her...

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Portrait image of Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway, Ernest
1899 - 1961

American author, born in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. His father Clarence was a doctor and his mother Grace a...

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Portrait of Colin Forbes

Forbes, Colin
1923 - 2006

Colin Forbes is the pseudonym of the British author Raymond Harold Sawkins who was born in Hampstead, London. His first...

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