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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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Malory, Thomas
1416 - 1471
Sir Thomas Malory is known as the most likely author (or compiler) of the Le Morte d'Arthur (approx. 1470). The title of...
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Wheatley, Dennis
1897 - 1977
The British author and wine merchant Dennis Yeats Wheatley was one of the foremost 20th century authors of thrillers and...
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Fagerholm, Monika
1961 -
The Swedish-speaking Finnish author Monika Kristina Fagerholm grew up in the Helsinki suburb of Botby gård. Her father was ...
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Wilde, Oscar
1854 - 1900
Oscar Wilde was born in a physician's family in Dublin in 1854. His mother had literary interests. Wilde later attended...
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