British journalist and novelist best known for the James Bond series of 20 novels and two short story books. It has become one of the best-selling titles of all time, with over 100 million book sales worldwide.
Name Surname: Ian Fleming
Date of Birth: May 28, 1908
From: Mayfair, London, England
Professions: Journalist, Writer
Died: August 12, 1964
Fleming, one of the best-selling names of all time with over 100 million book sales worldwide, has also written children's books and non-fiction works in addition to the Bond series. While the number of James Bond films adapted from Fleming's works has reached 22, Dr. The series, which has continued since No., has achieved the success of being one of the longest cinema series in world history.
Ian Lancaster Fleming was born on May 28, 1908, in Mayfair, London. His father, Valentine Fleming, was a member of parliament, and his mother, Evelyn St. Croix Rose was a housewife devoted to her family. Ian Fleming, the second-born child of a family of four children, also had a half-sister. Famous actor Christopher Lee was also Fleming's half-cousin.
Fleming started his education at Durnford School on the Isle of Purbeck, and later went to Sunningdale School, Eton College, and Sandhurst, respectively. Fleming, who is very good with sports, won the Victor Ludorum award, which is given only to the most talented and most medaled athlete of the school during his years at Eton College.
Realizing that the Military Academy was not suitable for him, Fleming left here in a short time and tried different educational institutions for language education. After studying for a while at Geneva and Munich universities, Fleming later worked as a sub-editor at Reuters, a business news service.
Enlisted in the army during World War II, Fleming served in the Navy as an assistant to Admiral John Henry Godfrey, head of Army Intelligence. Fleming, who was appointed as the head of the elite commando team known as 30 Commando in 1944, started to be known as one of the most trusted officers of the intelligence in a short time thanks to the successful orders he gave to the team and his superior planning intelligence, and after 30 Commando, another elite commando division, T-Force. flour was given to him. His work with these teams created a powerful database for many data and scenarios that he would use in James Bond novels in the following years.
The secret agent James Bond novels, known by the code name 007, undoubtedly constituted the most important point in the world's recognition of the author. The James Bond series, which started with the novel Casino Royale, first published in 1953, continued its publication life with 12 novels and two short story books published between 1953-1966. The last two books in the series, The Man with the Golden Gun and Octopussy and the Living Daylights, were published after the author's death in 1964.
In addition to the James Bond books, Fleming has a hand in the creation of a second espionage novel series called The Man From U N C L E. He also has a children's novel Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 1964, a non-fiction novel called The Diamond Cities in 1957, and the 6th novel in Istanbul in 1955. He also wrote the work titled The Great Confusion in Istanbul, describing the Events of 7 September.
Flaming, who was a member of the gentlemen's club called Boodle's until the end of his life, was also a total cigarette and drink addict. The successful writer, who had a heart attack in 1961 due to excessive use of alcohol and cigarettes, managed to overcome this attack with the help of doctors, but died on August 12, 1964 in Canterbury, Kent, England, unable to recover from his second heart attack.
The life of the James Bond series was longer than that of its author. After Flaming, the series was continued by many successful authors such as Kingsley Amis, John Gardner, and Raymond Benson, and continues its publication life with new books added every year.
Ian Fleming married Anne Charteris in Jamaica in 1952, and their marriage lasted until Flaming's death. The couple had one son, Caspar Robert Flaming, from this marriage.
Works
James Bond Series; Casino Royale (1953), Live and Let Die (1954), Moonraker (1955), Diamonds Are Forever (1956), From Russia with Love (1957), 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), You Only Live Twice (1964), The Man with the Golden Gun (1965), and Octopussy and The Living Daylights (1966).
Children's Books; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1964)