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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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Ellroy, James
1948 -
Having revolutionized crime fiction in terms of language and style, James Ellroy is now one of America’s foremost c...
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Foenkinos, David
1974 -
David Foenkinos is a French bestselling author. Born in Paris, he studied literature and music there after which he worked...
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Kirchhoff, Bodo
1948 -
The German novelist and playwright Bodo Kirchhoff was born in Hamburg and grew up in South Germany. His mother was an...
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Pattison, Eliot
1951 -
The American author and lawyer, Joseph Eliot Pattison, was born in Philadelphia. He grew up on a farm run by his father;...
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