Ian Fleming

Peter Childs (Birmingham Newman University)

Ed. by Peter Childs, Birmingham Newman University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of York), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

Born 28 May 1908
Died 12 Aug 1964
Activity 1953-1964

Places

Born in England
Active in England

Genres and Modes

Spy and Espionage

Activities

Primary

Novelist

Resources

Fleming's Works

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Ian Lancaster Fleming (1908-1964) is an author best known as the creator of the James Bond secret agent novels and the children’s book

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. He was born on 28th May 1908, the second of four sons in the marriage of Valentine and Evelyn Rose Fleming, and his middle name was chosen by his mother, who was known for her ‘petty snobbery’ (Lycett 2) and claimed descent from the Duke of Lancaster, John of Gaunt. Eve Fleming was the fashionable daughter of a London solicitor and her grandfather, Disraeli’s solicitor, had founded the Norton Rose law firm, now a global company. Valentine was a qualified barrister, a partner in his father’s bank, and a Member of Parliament. He came from a Scottish crofting family who had moved to Dundee in the nineteenth century to work…

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Citation: Childs, Peter. "Ian Fleming". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 03 October 2013 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1560, accessed 23 November 2024.]