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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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Författarporträtt av Philips, Judson

Philips, Judson
1903 - 1989

American author and journalist, born in Northfield, Massachusetts. Judson P. (Pentecost) Philips has primarily become known...

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Författarporträtt av Ovid

Ovid
43 BCE - 17 or 18 CE

Publius Ovidius Naso was born in Sulmo (present-day Sulmona), which is situated in a valley of the Apennine Mountains near...

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Portrait of Pia Tafdrup

Tafdrup, Pia
1952 -

The Danish author Pia Tafdrup was born in Copenhagen, grew up in the countryside on North Jutland and later attended the...

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Författarporträtt av Singer, Isaac Bashevis

Singer, Isaac Bashevis
1904 - 1991

Isaac Bashevis Singer, born Izak Hersz Zynger, was the last of the great 20th century authors in Yiddish. He was born in...

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