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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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Portrait of Ko Un

Ko Un
1933 -

The Korean poet, essayist and novelist Ko Un was born as Ko Untae to a peasant family in Gunsan, North Jeolla province. He...

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Författarporträtt av Wolkers, Jan

Wolkers, Jan
1925 - 2007

The Dutch author and artist Jan Wolkers was born in Oegstgeest near Leiden as the third of eleven children. His father...

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Portrait of Alvaro Mutis

Mutis, Álvaro
1923 - 2013

Álvaro Mutis was born in Bogotà, Colombia. Like many other Latin American authors he comes from a multicultural family. His f...

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Portrait image of Paul Rosenhayn

Rosenhayn, Paul
1877 - 1929

German journalist and internationally acclaimed author of detective stories, best known for his more than forty...

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