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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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Hagerfors, Lennart
1946 -
Olof Lennart Hagerfors' parents Maja and Sven were both missionaries in the former Belgian Congo, now the Democratic...
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Maeterlinck, Maurice
1862 - 1949
Maurice Maeterlinck was a playwright, poet and essayist born in Ghent, Belgium. His father was a successful lawyer and...
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Hardy, Thomas
1840 - 1928
The English author Thomas Hardy was born in Stinsford near Dorchester in Dorset, the son of a stonemason and local builder....
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Palmer, Stuart
1905 - 1968
American author known for his popular mystery novels, screen- and radio plays. New editions, primarily of his Hildegard...
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