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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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Schenkel, Andrea Maria
1962 -
The German author Andrea Maria Schenkel was born and raised in Regensburg. Her parents were civil servants. Her mother and,...
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Maeterlinck, Maurice
1862 - 1949
Maurice Maeterlinck was a playwright, poet and essayist born in Ghent, Belgium. His father was a successful lawyer and...
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Bouraoui, Nina
1967 -
The French novelist and songwriter Nina Yasmina Bouraoui was born in Rennes as the child of an Algerian father, an...
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Rifbjerg, Klaus
1931 - 2015
Danish author born to a middle-class family in Copenhagen. Both parents were teachers who read newspapers across the...
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