Double life spies writers.
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Many renowned authors of the twentieth century have made their profession leave them time to pursue other activities, even more exciting than literature, and perhaps complementary: espionage.
Is the profile of the writer, indecipherable, inventor of puzzles, the perfect place to hide a spy? The paradigmatic example is the British writer and journalist Ian Fleming.Asà as its popular character, agent James Bond, this author was closely associated with the British secret services. More precisely, he was hired by John Godfrey, a senior member of the department of naval intelligence, shortly before the outbreak of World War II.
At the time, Graham Greene, author of "Our Man in Havana" and "The Power and the Glory", also had his experience as MI6 agent. An experience, judging by his words, quite satisfactory (referred to intelligence as "the best travel agency in the world").
Another writer-spy was Somerset Maugham, one of the most popular and highest paid writers of his time. While working for the secret service, he came to meet with Russian Prime Minister Alexander Kerensky, posing as an American correspondent. Maugham was urged to get rid of many of his manuscripts because of the detail and precision present in their stories of espionage.
Finally, we find Frederick Forsyth: this writer of 76 years is generating a buzz surrounding the launch of his autobiography, in which, it is hoped, openly confess as former MI6 agent. The reason for the singular coincidence of professions remains to this day a mystery, but still provides a significant amount of good stories.
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