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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 Lowry, Malcolm

Lowry, Malcolm
1909 - 1957

Clarence Malcolm Lowry was born on July 28, 1909, in the coastal town of Liscard near Liverpool. His father was a...

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Författarporträtt av Camilleri, Andrea

Camilleri, Andrea
1925 - 2019

Italian author and theatre/film producer, born in the industrial town Porto Empedocle in Agrigento province on the south...

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Saunders, George
1958 -

George Saunders is primarily an author of short stories. He was born in Amarillo, Texas, and grew up in Chicago. When he...

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Författarporträtt av Heinesen, William

Heinesen, William
1900 - 1991

William Heinesen was born in Torshavn, the Faeroe Islands, where his father was a merchant and ship owner of peasant stock....

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