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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 Fallada, Hans

Fallada, Hans
1893 - 1947

The German author Hans Fallada was born as Rudof Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen in Greifswald, German Empire. He was the second...

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Författarporträtt av Albee, Edward

Albee, Edward
1928 - 2016

Edward Franklin Albee III is an American playwright born in Washington DC. His parents abandoned him immediately after he...

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Författarporträtt av Shepard, Jim

Shepard, Jim
1956 -

Jim Shepard was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, with a Bachelor of Arts...

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Författarporträtt av Lövestam, Sara

Lövestam, Sara
1980 -

The author, queer activist, radio presenter, linguist and language teacher Sara Maria Kristina Lövestam was born in ...

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