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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 Buck, Pearl S.

Buck, Pearl S.
1892 - 1973

Pearl S. Buck is the pseudonym of Pearl Sydenstricker Walsh. She was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia. Her parents were...

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Portrait of Ngaio Marsh

Marsh, Ngaio
1895 - 1982

The New Zealand author Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh was born in Merivale, Christchurch. Her father was an immigrant English bank...

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Portrait of Toni Morrison

Morrison, Toni
1931 - 2019

American author born Chloe Ardelia Wofford, one of four siblings in a working class family in Lorain, Ohio. During the...

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Författarporträtt av MacDonald, Philip

MacDonald, Philip
1899 - 1981

The English crime writer Philip MacDonald was born in London. Both his grandfather George and his father Ronald were...

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