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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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Forster, E.M.
1879 - 1970
The British author Edward Morgan Forster was born in London. His father was an architect. Forster attended King’s College, C...
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Aleixandre, Vicente
1898 - 1984
Vicente Pío Marcellino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo was born in Seville, but for fifty years, until his death, he famously ...
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Vulliamy, C.E.
1886 - 1971
The British author and journalist, C.E. (Colwyn Edward) Vulliamy, was born into a well-off family in the little village of...
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Neruda, Pablo
1904 - 1973
The Chilean poet Pablo Neruda was born as Ricardo Neftalí Reyes Basualto in the town of Parral some four hundred kilometres ...
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