biography
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Fleming, Ian (Lancaster)
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| lived:
| (1908–64)
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| biography:
| Writer and journalist, born in London, UK, the brother of Peter Fleming. He studied languages at Munich and Geneva universities, worked with Reuters in Moscow (1929–33), then became a banker and stockbroker (1933–9). He served with British Naval Intelligence during World War 2, and was foreign manager of the Kemsley group of newspapers (1945–59), until settling in Jamaica. He achieved worldwide fame and fortune as the creator of 12 sophisticated spy novels, including Casino Royale (1953), From Russia with Love (1957), Dr No (1958), Goldfinger (1959), Thunderball (1961), and The Man with the Golden Gun (1965). Built round the exploits of his amoral hero James Bond ‘(007)’, they provided the basis for a series of highly successful films. |
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