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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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Portrait of Claudia Piñeiro

Piñeiro, Claudia
1960 -

Argentinian author born in Burzaco, Buenos Aires. Claudia Piñeiro started reading social sciences, but she switched to ...

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Författarporträtt av Joyce, James

Joyce, James
1882 - 1941

James Joyce was born in Dublin, Ireland. His father, John Stanislaus Joyce, came from a wealthy family, but when he started...

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Författarporträtt av Maeterlinck, Maurice

Maeterlinck, Maurice
1862 - 1949

Maurice Maeterlinck was a playwright, poet and essayist born in Ghent, Belgium. His father was a successful lawyer and...

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Författarporträtt av Vargas Llosa, Mario

Vargas Llosa, Mario
1936 -

Peruvian author, born in Arequipa in the southern part of the country. His parents divorced soon after his birth, and Mario...

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