Ian Fleming
Novelist, Author
1908 – 1964
Who was Ian Fleming?
Ian Lancaster Fleming was an English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer, best known for his James Bond series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., and his father was the Member of Parliament for Henley from 1910 until his death on the Western Front in 1917. Educated at Eton, Sandhurst and the universities of Munich and Geneva, Fleming moved through a number of jobs before he started writing.
While working for Britain's Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, Fleming was involved in planning Operation Goldeneye and in the planning and oversight of two intelligence units, 30 Assault Unit and T-Force. His wartime service and his career as a journalist provided much of the background, detail and depth of the James Bond novels.
Fleming wrote his first Bond novel, Casino Royale, in 1952. It was a success, with three print runs being commissioned to cope with the demand. Eleven Bond novels and two short-story collections followed between 1953 and 1966. The novels revolved around James Bond, an officer in the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6. Bond was also known by his code number, 007, and was a commander in the Royal Naval Reserve. The Bond stories rank among the best-selling series of fictional books of all time, having sold over 100 million copies worldwide. Fleming also wrote the children's story Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang and two works of non-fiction. In 2008, The Times ranked Fleming fourteenth on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
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- Born
- May 28, 1908
Mayfair, London - Also known as
- Ian Lancaster Fleming
- Йен Флеминг
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Anne Charteris
(1952/03/24 - 1964/08/12)
- Anne Charteris
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
- Eton College
- Durnford School
- Died
- Aug 12, 1964
Canterbury
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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