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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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Berger, John
1926 - 2017
The English author and artist John Berger was born in a middle-class home in Stoke Newington, London. His father, S.J.D....
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Mishani, Dror
1975 -
Dror Mishani is an Israeli crime writer, born and raised in the Tel Aviv suburb of Holon. He is also a translator, literary...
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Verdon, John
1942 -
John Verdon is an American crime writer, born in Bronx, New York. He was educated at Regis High School and Fordham...
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Brodsky, Joseph
1940 - 1996
The Russian poet and essayist Joseph Brodsky was born to a Jewish family in Leningrad as Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky. His...
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