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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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Oksanen, Sofi
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
1712 - 1778
Author and political philosopher born in Geneva, Switzerland as the son of a watchmaker. His mother died giving birth to...
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Proust, Marcel
1871 - 1922
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Parra, Nicanor
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