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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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Hunter, Alan
1922 - 2005
Alan Hunter was an English bookshop owner and author known for his many novels featuring Detective Inspector George...
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Bunin, Ivan
1870 - 1953
The Russian author Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin was born to an old, noble family in Voronezh province. Having owned many serfs,...
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Pushkin, Alexander
1799 - 1837
The Russian author Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was born in Moscow to one of the oldest noble families in Russia with...
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Ball, John
1911 - 1988
John Dudley Ball was an American author, editor and music critic whose award-winning crime novel In the Heat of the Night...
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