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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 Darwish, Mahmoud

Darwish, Mahmoud
1941 - 2008

The Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish was born in the village of al-Birweh in Western Gallilee to a landowning family. His...

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Författarporträtt av Schneider, Peter

Schneider, Peter
1940 -

Peter Schneider is a German author. He was born in Lübeck and grew up in Grainau and Freiburg together with his five ...

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Portrait of Andrea Maria Schenkel

Schenkel, Andrea Maria
1962 -

The German author Andrea Maria Schenkel was born and raised in Regensburg. Her parents were civil servants. Her mother and,...

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Författarporträtt av Millás, Juan José

Millás, Juan José
1946 -

Spanish author and journalist born in Valencia as the fourth of nine siblings. The family moved to the outskirts of Madrid...

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