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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 Elfriede Jelinek

Jelinek, Elfriede
1946 -

The Austrian author Elfriede Jelinek was born in Mürzzuschlag in the federal state of Steiermark, where Jelinek spent her ...

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Författarporträtt av Collins, Max Allan

Collins, Max Allan
1948 -

A very productive American multitasker, known primarily as a crime author, born in Muscatine in Iowa. With the exception of...

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Författarporträtt av Maupassant, Guy de

Maupassant, Guy de
1850 - 1893

Guy de Maupassant was born at the castle of Miromesnil, not far from Dieppe in Normandie. His family was of noble lineage...

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Författarporträtt av Gao Xingjian

Gao Xingjian
1940 -

Chinese author and artist born in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province in eastern China. His father was a bank clerk and his mother an...

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