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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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Lévy, Henri-Bernard
1948 -
French author and philosopher born in Béni Saf, Algeria. His father, a member of the French Jewish community, came from a ...
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Davies, Robertson
1913 - 1995
The Canadian author Roberson Davies was born in Thamesville, Ontario. His father, William Davies, had moved to Canada from...
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Cook, Robin (1940-)
1940 -
American doctor, businessman and author, who has written a long row of thriller-like medical crime novels, many of which...
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Pushkin, Alexander
1799 - 1837
The Russian author Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was born in Moscow to one of the oldest noble families in Russia with...
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