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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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Innes, Michael
1906 - 1994
Michael Innes is the pen name adopted by John Innes Mackintosh Stewart, a British author and professor of literature at...
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Södergran, Edith
1892 - 1923
The Finland-Swedish poet Edith Södergran was born in St. Petersburg, but her family soon moved to the village of Raivola on ...
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Eliot, George
1819 - 1880
A pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, a British author, born in Warwickshire. Her father was a steward at a large estate,...
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Nadel, Barbara
1950 -
Barbara Nadel is a British author of detective stories. She has offered little information about her personal details....
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