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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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Feuchtwanger, Lion
1884 - 1958
The German author of prose, playwright, translator and critic Lion Jacob Arje Feuchtwanger grew up in a wealthy Jewish...
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Cercas, Javier
1962 -
The Spanish author and essayist Javier Cercas was born in Ibahernando (Cáceres), Extremadura, western Spain. His father was ...
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Booth, Stephen
1952 -
The British crime writer Stephen Booth was born in Burnley, Lancashire. He grew up in Blackpool where he moved with his...
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Didion, Joan
1934 - 2021
The American author Joan Didion was born and grew up in Sacramento, California, where her family had been living for five...
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