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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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Millás, Juan José
1946 -
Spanish author and journalist born in Valencia as the fourth of nine siblings. The family moved to the outskirts of Madrid...
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Strindberg, August
1849 - 1912
Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish author born in Stockholm to a large middle-class family. His father was head of the...
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Osman, Richard
1970 -
Richard Osman is an English comedian, TV-personality and programme presenter who made his international writing...
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Updike, John
1932 - 2009
American author, born in the small town of Shillington in Pennsylvania, where also his earliest works take place, but then...
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