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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 John Irving

Irving, John
1942 -

American novelist born as John Wallace Blunt, Jr. in Exeter, New Hampshire. His mother was a nurse and his stepfather...

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Författarporträtt av Rönkä, Matti

Rönkä, Matti
1959 -

The Finnish journalist and novelist Matti Rönkä was born and raised in Kuusjärvi – today part of Outokumpu– near the Russia...

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Författarporträtt av Dahl, Arne

Dahl, Arne
1963 -

For a long time, there was speculation as to who could lie behind the crime-writer pseudonym Arne Dahl. Considering the...

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Författarporträtt av Louÿs, Pierre

Louÿs, Pierre
1870 - 1925

Pierre Félix Louÿs was a French poet and novelist. He was born to a wealthy family in Ghent, Belgium, in somewhat unclear c...

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