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DetailsAKA:
Ian Lancaster Fleming
Nationality:
British Birthdate:
05/28/1908 Birthplace:
Mayfair, London, England, United Kingdom Death Date:
08/12/1964 biography
While some believed that author Ian Fleming must have lived a life as exciting and adventurous as his famed literary creation, James Bond, nothing could have been further from the truth. Though certain lines of fact and fiction were definitely blurred – both character and author were consummate womanizers, though the latter was far more sadomasochistic – Fleming was a far cry from the super agent secretly dispatched to take care of Britain’s more complicated Cold War problems. Even Fleming’s own involvement with an intelligence agency during World War II was nothing more than glorified desk
CreditsmilestonesYear
Milestone
Worked as a sub-editor and journalist for Reuters news service
At the start of WWII, recruited by Rear Admiral John Godfrey, Director of Naval Intelligence of the Royal Navy, as his personal assistant
1941
Wrote a memorandum about the structure and functions of a secret service organisation; parts of this memorandum were later used in the official charter for the OSS (dissolved after World War II and was replaced with the Central Intelligence Agency)
1953
Published first novel, Casino Royale, which introduced the character of James Bond
1955
Published the article, “The Great Riot of Istanbul,” in the Sunday Times, on September 11, 1955, just days after the Istanbul Pogroms, when ethnic Greeks were attacked by a Turkish mob
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