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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 Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

Le Clézio, Jean-Marie Gustave
1940 -

French author, born and raised in Nice. His parents were British citizens with roots in Bretagne and in Mauritius in the...

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Författarporträtt av Lispector, Clarice

Lispector, Clarice
1920 - 1977

The Brazilian author Clarice Lispector was born in the Jewish village of Chechelnyk in southern Ukraine. Her family...

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Portrait image of Roddy Doyle

Doyle, Roddy
1958 -

Irish author and screenwriter who grew up in Kilbarrack, Dublin, Ireland. Doyle has a Bachelor of Arts from University...

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Författarporträtt av Rambach, Anne

Rambach, Anne
1970 -

The French author Anne Rambach was born Anne Rosseau in Saint-Brieuc, Bretagne. She read literature before she joined the...

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