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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 image of Helen MacInnes

MacInnes, Helen
1907 - 1985

Helen Clark MacInnes was a Scottish-American author born in Glasgow. She moved with her family to Helensburgh in 1912 where...

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Författarporträtt av Diderot, Denis

Diderot, Denis
1713 - 1784

French author and philosopher born in the city of Langres in north-east France. He was the son of a wealthy knife maker and...

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Författarporträtt av Moran, Caitlin

Moran, Caitlin
1975 -

Catherine Elisabeth Moran is a British columnist, critic, novelist and stand-up comedian born in Wolverhampton, the oldest...

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Portrait of William Trevor

Trevor, William
1928 - 2016

William Trevor Cox was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, the Republic of Ireland, as the son of a Protestant bank...

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