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28 MAY 2013 105TH ANNIVERSARY OF IAN FLEMING'S BIRTH
This day marks the 105th anniversary of the birth of Ian Fleming, the creator and man behind James Bond, now a hugely popular ficional character. Ian Lancaster Fleming was born at 27 Green Street in London on 28th May 1908, the second of four brothers. He was educated at Eton College and then abroad in Germany and Austria. After an early career at Reuters news agency, he became a stockbroker. During World War 2 he worked throughout as assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence in the Admiralty in London, privy to many secrets. It was his experience in this job that was to provide many of the characters and incidents that he was to write about later in the Bond books. Following the war he became foreign manager, in charge of foreign correspondents, for Kemsley newspapers, owners of the Sunday Times and other papers. But his creative imagination remained under wraps until 1952, When, at the age of 43, he settled down in his house in Jamaica, and produced – in not much more than two months - Casino Royale (1953), the first adventure of James Bond. He published a further thirteen James Bond titles and lived to witness their enourmous success, and having seen his character played by Sean Connery in the first two films, Dr. No (1962) and From Russia with Love (1963). He married Anne Rothermere in 1952 and in August that year his only son, Caspar, was born. While convalescing from his first heart attack in 1962, he wrote a short story about a flying car for Caspar - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Ian Fleming died, aged 56, on 12th August 1964 at Sandwich in Kent. Editor's note: Ian Fleming Publications celebrated Ian's centenary during 2008 and Sebastian Faulks first original James Bond novel Devil May Care (2008) was published by Penguin Books. Centenary editions of Ian Fleming's 007 novels featured on From Sweden with Love: >Casino Royale (May, 2008) >Diamonds are Forever (May, 2008) >Dr. No (May, 2008) >For Your Eyes Only (May, 2008) >From Russia with Love (May, 2008) >Goldfinger (May, 2008) >Live and Let Die (May, 2008) >Moonraker (May, 2008) >Octopussy (May, 2008) >On Her Majesty's Secret Service (May, 2008) >The Man With the Golden Gun (May, 2008) >The Spy Who Loved Me (May, 2008) >Thunderball (May, 2008) >You Only Live Twice (May, 2008) Centenary celebrations of Ian Fleming's birth featured on From Sweden with Love: >Royal Mail stamps (January, 2008) >Exhibition at Imperial War Museum in London (April 2008-March 2009) >Ian Fleming centenary lecture (May 12, 2008) >Doctor No play on BBC 4 (May 24, 2008) >Bond: The story continues by Lucy Fleming (May 28, 2008) >Limited edition book set (May 28, 2008) >Bond Bound exhibition in London (April-June, 2008) >Golf tournament at Royal St. Georges (June 25, 2008) >Bond Bound exhibition in Edinburgh (July-September, 2008) >James Bond story: A tribute to Ian Fleming (October 5, 2008) >Where Bond began on BBC 1 (October 19, 2008) >Bond Bound exhibition in New York (October-November, 2008) >Bond Bound exhibition in Los Angeles (November, 2008) Ian Fleming bibliography: >Casino Royale (1953) >Live and Let Die (1954) >Moonraker (1955) >Diamonds are forever (1956) >From Russia with love (1957) >The Diamond Smugglers (1957) (non James Bond-novel) >Dr. No (1958) >Goldfinger (1959) >For Your Eyes Only (1960) >Thunderball (1961) >The Spy Who Loved Me (1962) >On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963) >Thrilling Cities (1963) (travel book) >Ian Fleming introduces Jamaica (1963) >You Only Live Twice (1964) >Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1964) (children's book) >The Man With The Golden Gun (1965) >Octopussy and The Living Daylights (1966) *Birthdays for James Bond related people profiled on From Sweden With Love:* >Anne Lönnberg: February 17 >Barbara Broccoli: June 18 >Britt Ekland: October 6 >Caroline Munro: January 16 >Charlie Higson: July 3 >Christopher Lee: May 27 >Daniel Craig: March 3 >David Arnold: January 23 >David Hedison: May 20 >Dolph Lundgren: November 3 >Eunice Gayson: March 17 >Eva Green: July 5 >George Lazenby: September 5 >George Leech: December 6 >Gloria Hendry: March 3 >Guy Hamilton: September 16 >Honor Blackman: August 22 >Izabella Scorupco: June 4 >Jane Seymour: February 15 >John Glen: May 15 >John Moreno: March 4 >Ken Adam: February 5 >Kristina Wayborn: September 24 >Lana Wood: April 15 >Lars Lundgren: May 6 >Lewis Gilbert: March 6 >Lois Chiles: April 15 >Margaret Nolan: October 29 >Martin Campbell: October 24 >Martine Beswicke: September 26 >Mary Stavin: August 20 >Maryam d'Abo: December 27 >Maud Adams: February 12 >Max von Sydow: April 10 >Michael G. Wilson: January 21 >Neal Purvis: September 9 >Norman Wanstall: September 30 >Ola Rapace: December 3 >Peter Janson-Smith: September 5 >Peter Lamont: November 12 >Pierce Brosnan: May 16 >Rachel Grant: November 25 >Raymond Benson: September 6 >Richard Kiel: September 13 >Robert Davi: June 26 >Roger Moore: October 14 >Sean Connery: August 25 >Shane Rimmer: May 28 >Shirley Bassey: January 8 >Talisa Soto: March 27 >Tanya Roberts: October 15 >Timothy Dalton: March 21 >Trina Parks: December 26 >Ursula Andress: March 19 >Valerie Leon: November 12 >Willy Bogner Jr: January 23 Photo below: Ian Fleming in his study with a copy of For Your Eyes Only (April 1960). Photo by Evening Standard. © Getty Images. All rights reserved. More information about Ian Fleming and his works on Ian Fleming Publications official website:
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