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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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Ruiz Zafón, Carlos
1964 - 2020
Carlos Ruiz Zafón was a Spanish author born and raised in Barcelona. His mother was from Catalonia and his father from ...
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Kennedy, William
1928 -
William Joseph Kennedy is an American author born in Albany, New York, to an Irish Catholic family. His father, William J.,...
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Lawrence, D.H.
1885 - 1930
The English author D.H. (David Herbert) Lawrence was born in the mining district of Nottinghamshire. His parents came from...
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Gercke, Doris
1937 -
Doris Gercke is a German author of crime fiction born in Greifswald in the former East Germany. She grew up in a working...
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