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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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Brecht, Bertolt
1898 - 1956
German poet, playwright and essayist born in Augsburg where his father was the managing director of a paper mill. Brecht...
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Sinclair, Upton
1878 - 1968
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1899 - 1986
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Roth, Philip
1933 - 2018
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