41. Dario Fo And Franca Rame: A Nobel For Two On VHS Lorena Luciano/Filippo Piscopo dario fo and Franca Rame A nobel for Two A look at the lives and careers of thenobel Prize-winning Italian playwrights and actors, dario fo and Franca Rame http://www.buyindies.com/listings/3/1/FCTS-31380.html

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42. Antonioni Fastforward to 1997, dario fo receives the nobel Prize for literature. Heis the first actorplaywright since Pirandello to win the nobel Prize. http://www.uwgb.edu/galta/333/BIOS98/FO.HTM

Dario Fo: Actor-Playwrite by Julie Bartz Read this before citing this article! Back to biography list Dario Fo was born on March 24, 1926 in San Giano, near Lake Maggiore, in northern Italy. Today Fo is considered one of the greatest comic actors of the 20th century. Ironically, Lake Maggiore is populated with a large number of strolling storyteller, which influenced Fo. His intrigue in traveling stortytellers led to Fo's claim to fame as he produced and acted in an array of satirical works using the style of performance of strolling storytellers. In 1940, Fo studied art at the Brera Art College in Milan. During this time, he also began improvising stories that were influenced by traveling storytellers such as those from Lake Maggiore. Fo admired the simplicity of these storytellers around Lake Maggiore. The stories they told were merely simple observations of everyday life; however, each tale contained a sharp bite of satire. The satire was usually directed toward the official world including bureaucracies and the church, but the satirical intentions were not always obvious to the audience. In 1944, Fo wrote his first play

43. CNN - The 1997 Nobel Prizes endorsement of the problems. vxtreme Video Profile of dario fo from nobel '97, a CNN International special. Mistero Buffo, the work http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1997/nobel.prize/stories/fo.profile/

Main Page Peace Prize Sciences Literature ... Forums Dario Fo: "A cross between Bertolt Brecht and Lenny Bruce" (CNN) I t comes as no surprise that the selection of Dario Fo for the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature caused a stir in the literary establishment. Here, after all, is a man who has spent a lifetime steeped in controversy, not because his talents were questioned, but because he has at every turn taken on institutions the establishment holds dear. Fo's considerable body of work, including more than 70 plays, has targeted religion, family, law enforcement, politicians and the middle classes. He has in the process attacked universal social problems such as terrorism, AIDS and drug use, although his satire has as times been mistaken for endorsement of the problems. Video: Profile of Dario Fo from "Nobel '97," a CNN International special "Mistero Buffo," the work for which the Italian actor and playwright is best known, is a satire based on a subversive reading of the Scriptures. In it, at one point, the Pope, Biniface VIII, scorns Jesus as a poor man and calls him "crazy." When the play was broadcast in Italy in 1977, the Vatican called it "the most blasphemous show in the history of television." Press release from the Swedish Academy announcing Fo's selection as the winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature Fo's other works include "The Accidental Death of an Anarchist," a satire based on a real event in Italy in which a man accused of having set bombs in Milan in 1969 "fell" to his death while being interrogated by police.

44. Fellini Federico E Fo Dario Il Segno Dei Registi Rivoluzionari - Indice Translate this page dal grande regista cinematografico Federico Fellini e dal geniale Giullare, perusare la sua auto-definizione preferita, dario fo, premio nobel per la http://www.italica.rai.it/principali/argomenti/altro/fell_fo.htm

Partecipa al Forum Newsletter Links Download ... Cerca Argomenti Fellini e Fo il segno dei registi rivoluzionari Indice In mostra Biografia di Dario Fo Biografia di Federico Fellini ... Archivio Fellini e Fo il segno dei registi rivoluzionari Una mostra di straordinaria bellezza, offerta da una coppia eccezionale, costituita dal grande regista cinematografico Federico Fellini e dal geniale Giullare, per usare la sua auto-definizione preferita, Dario Fo, premio Nobel per la letteratura nel 1997. Niente di più stimolante a Milano di questa rassegna ottimamente impaginata. Trecentocinquanta opere fra disegni, acquarelli, fotografie e documenti, con l'aggiunta di una serie di televisori, piazzati nelle varie sale espositive, che trasmettono la registrazione dello spettacolo forse più bello di Dario Fo, "Mistero buffo". "Genialità anarchica, al di fuori delle mode e delle classificazioni", viene definito l'elemento comune ai due artisti, nella presentazione della mostra. Ma di "anarchico" nei dipinti di Dario Fo, c'è molto poco. Sono anzi, nella maggior parte improntati ad uno stile figurativo caratterizzato da un classicismo magico. In comune, in entrmabi gli artisti, la passione del disegno. Fellini cominciò a pubblicare le prime caricature nel 1937 nel numero unico "La Diana" dell'Opera Nazionale Balilla e poi via via sulla "Domenica del Corriere", su "Marc'Aurelio" e su altre pubblicazioni. Diventato regista, la vocazione di disegnatore non venne mai meno. Nei suoi fogli ricorrono i personaggi dei suoi film: "Amarcord", "Giulietta degli spiriti", "E la nave va", "Prova d'orchestra", "La città delle donne".

45. Fo Dario: Biografia questo stesso anno, egli viene insignito del premio nobel per la letteratura. http://www.italica.rai.it/principali/argomenti/biografie/fo.htm

Partecipa al Forum Newsletter Links Download ... Cerca Biografia Dario Fo Home page Lingua Radio Diario di bordo ... Archivio Biografia di Dario Fo Nato a San Giano (Varese) nel 1926, frequenta l'Accademia di belle arti di Brera a Milano e si iscrive alla facoltà di architettura del Politecnico, senza tuttavia laurearsi. Nel '52 incontra Franco Parenti che lo introduce in RAI, dove scrive e recita per la trasmissione satirica "Poer nano"; nel '53, sempre con Parenti e Giustino Durano, firma "Il dito nell'occhio" cui farà seguito l'anno dopo "Sani da legare". Per il cinema, è co-sceneggiatore ed interprete del film di Carlo Lizzani "Lo svitato" (1955); nel '57, mette in scena per Franca Rame "Ladri, manichini e donne nude" e l'anno successivo "Comica finale". Dal '59 forma, con la Rame ed altri, una compagnia stabile: appartengono a questo periodo "Gli arcangeli non giocano a flipper" (1959), "Aveva due pistole con gli occhi bianchi e neri" (1960), "Chi ruba un piede è fortunato in amore" (1961), "Isabella, tre caravelle e un cacciaballe" (1963), "Settimo ruba un po' meno" (1964), "La colpa è sempre del diavolo" (1965), "La signora è da buttare" (1967). Nel 1963 partecipa a "Canzonissima", dove con Franca Rame dà vita ad una serie di scenette che denunciano le malefatte del sistema politico; colpiti dagli strali della censura, preferiranno abbandonare per non dover mettere la mordacchia alle proprie idee, dando inizio ad una esclusione dalla televisione di stato destinata a durare più d'un ventennio.

46. I Premi Nobel Italiani (Dario Fo) imita i giullari del Medio Evo con sferzante autorità, sostenendo la http://www.ulivi.hpg.ig.com.br/nob_dariofo.htm

Premi Nobel Italiani Dario Fo Letteratura (1997) Bristìn (seminatore di pepe). Fu dal nonno, sedendogli vicino nel grande carretto, che Dario cominciò ad apprendere i rudimenti del ritmo narrativo. Dario passò la sua giovinezza spostandosi da una città all'altra, quando il posto di lavoro del padre era cambiato per uno sghiribizzo delle autorità ferroviarie. Ma nonostente la geografia cambiasse continuamente, l'ambiente culturale era sempre lo stesso. Con il passare degli anni, divenne esperto della tradizione narrativa locale. Con crescente passione, egli sedeva nelle taverne o nelle piazze ad ascoltare instancabilmente il fabulatore piccoli teatri poer nano , un miserabile stolto, è tutto fuorchè cattivo. Egli tenta continuamente, poer nano, di imitare lo splendido Abele, biondo e con gli occhi azzurri, ma si mette sempre nei guai. Dopo essere passato da un guaio all'altro, finalmente impazzisce ed uccide lo splendido Abele. Franco Parenti entusiasticamente invita Dario Fo ad unirsi alla sua compagnia di teatro. Dario inizia a recitare nello show di varietà estivo di Franco Parenti, ed è quando egli ha il suo primo "incontro" con Franca Rame, non in persona, ma attraverso una fotografia che vede in casa di amici. Egli rimane folgorato! Franca Rame sarà poi la sua compagna e collaboratrice inseparabile. Oltre a commediografo, Dario Fo è anche direttore, disegnatore di scenario e costumi, ed all'occasione compone anche le musiche delle sue commedie.

47. Os Prêmios Nobel Italianos (Dario Fo) imita os menestréis da Idade Média com fustigante autoridade, sustentando a http://www.ulivi.hpg.ig.com.br/nob_dariofop.htm

Prêmios Nobel Italianos Dario Fo Literatura (1997) Bristìn (semeador de pimenta). Foi do avô, sentando perto dele na grande carroça, que Dario começou a aprender os rudimentos do ritmo narrativo. Dario passou sua juventude mudando-se de uma cidade para outra, quando o lugar de trabalho do pai era mudado pelos caprichos das autoridades ferroviárias. Mas também se a geografia mudava continuamente, o ambiente cultural era sempre o mesmo, e, no decorrer dos anos, ele tornou-se experto na tradição narrativa local. Com crescente paixão, ele sentava nas tavernas ou nas praças para escutar incansavelmente o fabulador pequenos teatros que ocupam um rol chave no desenvolvimento da idéia de um "teatro popular". Dario foi capturado por este movimento efervescente e provou ser um insaciável freqüentador de teatro (normalmente não tinha condições de pagar uma poltrona e ficava de pé por toda a representação). Sua mãe possuía uma mente aberta, e a casa aberta para os novos amigos do filho, entre eles Emilio Tadini, Alik Cavalieri, Piccoli, Vittorini, Morlotti, Treccani, Crepax, alguns deles já famosos. Durante seus estudos de arquitetura, enquanto trabalhava como decorador e assistente arquiteto, Dario começou a entreter seus amigos com incríveis contos como aqueles que escutava nas tavernas de sua infância. No verão de 1950, Dario convidou Franco Parenti, que ficou fascinado pela interpretação cômica da parábola de Caim e Abel, uma sátira na qual Caim

48. News-Star - Arts - StoryItalian Playwright Dario Fo Wins Nobel Prize For Literat Thursday. Italian playwright dario fo wins nobel Prize for LiteratureLast modified at 922 am on Thursday, October 9, 1997. STOCKHOLM http://www.news-star.com/stories/100997/art_nobel.html

Thursday, October 9, 1997 The AP Italian playwright Dario Fo and his wife, Franca Tame, are shown May 12, 1995, in Milan. Fo, 71, the Italian playwright whose work combines biting political observation with side-splitting comedy, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature Thursday. Italian playwright Dario Fo wins Nobel Prize for Literature Last modified at 9:22 a.m. on Thursday, October 9, 1997 STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) Dario Fo, the Italian playwright whose work combines biting political observation with side-splitting comedy, won the Nobel Prize for Literature today. Fo, 71, who is also an actor, has written more than 70 plays and is best known for the plays "Mistero Buffo," "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" and "Can't Pay, Won't Pay." "With a blend of laughter and gravity, he opens our eyes to abuses and injustices in society and also the wider historical perspective in which they can be placed," the citation by the Swedish Academy said. The prize this year is worth $1 million. Fo has long been a major figure in drama, but his winning the prestigious prize could be considered a surprise choice; his name generally has not been included on critics' lists of potential winners. "I am amazed," Fo said when reached by ANSA, the Italian news agency.

49. Dario Fo Dario Fo Dario Fo Dario Fo Dario Fo Translate this page Si, perché la signora Perelli fu l’insegnante del premio nobel per la letteraturaDario fo che frequentò la classe quinta alle elementari di Porto http://www.portovaltravaglia.it/dariofo.html

Dario Fo Nel '52 incontra Franco Parenti che lo introduce in RAI, dove scrive e recita per la trasmissione satirica "Poer nano"; nel '53, sempre con Parenti e Giustino Durano, firma "Il dito nell'occhio" cui farà seguito l'anno dopo "Sani da legare". Per il cinema, è co-sceneggiatore ed interprete del film di Carlo Lizzani "Lo svitato" (1955); nel '57, mette in scena per Franca Rame "Ladri, manichini e donne nude" e l'anno successivo "Comica finale". Dal '59 forma, con la Rame ed altri, una compagnia stabile: appartengono a questo periodo "Gli arcangeli non giocano a flipper" (1959), "Aveva due pistole con gli occhi bianchi e neri" (1960), "Chi ruba un piede è fortunato in amore" (1961), "Isabella, tre caravelle e un cacciaballe" (1963), "Settimo ruba un po' meno" (1964), "La colpa è sempre del diavolo" (1965), "La signora è da buttare" (1967). Nel 1963 partecipa a "Canzonissima", dove con Franca Rame dà vita ad una serie di scenette che denunciano le malefatte del sistema politico; colpiti dagli strali della censura, preferiranno abbandonare per non dover mettere la mordacchia alle proprie idee, dando inizio ad una esclusione dalla televisione di stato destinata a durare più d'un ventennio.

50. Index Of Nobel Laureates In Literature ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF nobel PRIZE LAUREATES IN LITERATURE. Name, YearAwarded. Agnon, Shmuel Yosef, 1966. Faulkner, William, 1949. fo, dario, 1997. http://almaz.com/nobel/literature/alpha.html

ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATES IN LITERATURE Name Year Awarded Agnon, Shmuel Yosef Aleixandre, Vicente Andriic, Ivo Asturias, Miguel Angel ... Medicine We always welcome your feedback and comments

51. Ask Jeeves | Fo, Dario From www.imagination.com dario fo Ask! dario fo, a nobel Prize Laureatein Literature, at the nobel Prize Internet Archive. From http://www.ask.co.uk/main/askjeeves.asp?ask=Fo, Dario

52. INDEX.HTML A good article about dario's nobel Prize acceptance speech. A solidarity statementby dario fo and Franca Rame regarding the struggles of the Kurdish people. http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Wing/8730/Action/

CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO HOME PAGE POLITICAL ACTION Updated 14.xi.99. One part of this archive will deal with political initiatives arising out of the theatre work of Dario Fo and Franca Rame. The Il Manifesto articles below deal with the major mobilisations in Italy in support of the Kurdish people, against the Turkish regime, and specifically in support of Ocalan. There is also a strong movement against Italy's role in supplying arms to the Turkish government. There are also statements by Dario regarding the Kurdish struggle, and the issues of life imprisonment and genetic engineering. And a good article about his Nobel Prize acceptance speech. An article from Il Manifesto about a demonstration in Genoa Letters from ... Dario Fo initiative against state cover-ups of terrorist massacres. [10.xi.99] Incidentally, if you want to translate these pages from Italian, or if you just want a good laugh, you could try the translation programme at Babelfish CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO HOME PAGE

53. TONY MITCHELL BOOK ON DARIO FO Synopsis provided by author. When dario fo was awarded the nobel Prize in 1997,responses in both his native Italy and elsewhere were primarily of surprise. http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Wing/8730/Books/mitchell.html

CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO HOME PAGE DARIO FO: PEOPLE'S COURT JESTER By Tony Mitchell Paperback, 506 pp 3rd edition, much revised and expanded, Methuen Books, 1999 ISBN: 0-413-73320-3 Paperback: £15.99 Synopsis provided by author When Dario Fo was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1997, responses in both his native Italy and elsewhere were primarily of surprise. Although this actor, playwright, director, stage designer, song-writer and radical political campaigner was considered a major figure in world theatre in the 1970s and 1980s, in the 1990s his work had received little attention outside Italy, where he was acclaimed primarily as a comic actor. The Vatican was outraged that the Nobel was given to a 'mere jester' (giullare), and the Wall Street Journal decried the honour, as did many conservative figures in Italy and around the world. But the many supporters of Fo and his wife Franca Rame's work saw it as a vindication of more than forty years' commitment to a theatre which exposed social injustice and advanced the cause of the oppressed. By 1990 Fo had become the most widely-performed (and controversial) living playwright in world theatre, with some 250 productions of his plays worldwide in 1989. He is perhaps best known for Mistero buffo, his solo piece celebre, a giullarata in 16th century Po Valley dialect which he has performed more than 1000 times to audiences in Italy of nearly 2 million, and round the world to nearly fifty million, and which he first performed in London in 1983. He has overcome condemnation, censorship and banishment from sources as varied as the Italian Communist Party to the Vatican, the Italian Ministry of Entertainment and Italian state television, and was twice refused permission to enter the United States in the 1980s.

54. Dario Fo A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its owntime has no relevance. (from nobel Lecture, 1997). dario fo was born in San http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/dariofo.htm

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback Dario Fo (1926-) Prolific Italian playwright, actor and mime artist, manager-director, known for his satirical plays. Fo was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997. In his works Fo has combined oral expression from the popular performance tradition with radical thought. He has used laughter as a weapon against the conservative establishment of the Italy's political scene, and the social and international evils of the Cold War era. "Our task as intellectuals, as persons who mount the pulpit or the stage, and who, most importantly, address to young people, our task is not just to teach them method, like how to use the arms, how to control breathing, how to use the stomach, the voice, the falsetto, the contracampo. It's not enough to teach a technique or a style: we have to show them what is happening around us. They have to be able to tell their own story. A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance." (from Nobel Lecture Dario Fo was born in San Giano, a small town near the northern Italian city of Milan. His father was a railroad worker and was also a part-time actor. His mother came from a peasant background. During World War II Fo helped his father, who was a member of the resistance against German forces in Italy and took escaped Allied soldiers across the border to Switzerland.

55. A Dario Fo Il Premio Nobel Per La Letteratura Translate this page misconosciuto del XX secolo alla corte del Re di Svezia. A dario fo ilPremio nobel per la letteratura. La motivazione dell'Accademia reale. http://www.grtv.it/1997/14otto97/nobel14.html

Il giullare ironico, scomodo e misconosciuto del XX secolo alla corte del Re di Svezia A Dario Fo il Premio Nobel per la letteratura La motivazione dell'Accademia reale (GRTV) 'Il Premio Nobel per la letteratura 1997 e' stato assegnato all'italiano Dario Fo che nella tradizione dei giullari medievali fustiga il potere e riabilita la dignita' degli umiliati'. Questa e' la motivazione dell'Accademia reale di Svezia. Un premio che ha diviso il mondo della cultura sia italiana sia straniera. Una divisione pero', che ha visto piu' apprezzamenti, pur se misti a meraviglia, che critiche. Critiche, in molti casi, non squisitamente letterarie o stilistiche ma abbondantemente e smaccatamente motivate, piu' o meno velatamente, da ragioni politiche. Certo, pochi pensavano possibile questa scelta obiettivamente coraggiosa. Molti, invece, e con molte e forti ragioni, puntavano le loro scommesse sul nome di un altro stupendo italiano: quel Mario Luzi la cui opera e' tra quanto di piu' bello e profondo possa essere stato concepito in poesia in questo secolo. Ma, forse, gli accademici hanno proprio voluto rompere lo schema che troppe volte aveva visto in passato l'abbinamento letteratura-poesia. E allora eccoli cercare, e trovare, una diversa formula espressiva cui assegnare l'ambito riconoscimento. Una formula certamente non nuova ma finemente attualizzata da uno spirito e da una vena che tendono a provocare riflessioni e pensieri, troppo spesso immiseriti da schemi piu' vicini all'opportunismo e alla convenzione che alla convinzione e alla dignita' della persona.

56. I Tarocchi Di Dario Fo By 1997 Nobel Laureate In Literature, Dario Fo, With Grap The Mystic Eye Tarot Picture Pages presents i Tarocchi di dario fo by 1997 NobelLaureate in Literature, dario fo, with graphic designer Dominique Gobbo http://www.themysticeye.com/pics/dariofo.htm

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57. Mosaico Oggi A Mosaico Translate this page Per averne un'idea, in mancanza di filmati in Catalogo di questo spettacolo, rimandiamoall’unità “dario fo il premio nobel”, tratta dal servizio di http://www.mosaico.rai.it/percorsi_guidati/percorso.asp?fid=1125

58. DARIO FO | Joseph Farrell And Antonio Scuderi Joseph Farrell and Antonio Scuderi present an international collection of essaysreevaluating the multifaceted performance art of nobel laureate dario fo. http://www.siu.edu/~siupress/titles/f00_titles/farrell_fo.htm

Dario Fo Stage, Text, and Tradition Edited by Joseph Farrell and Antonio Scuderi November 2000 Theater , Performance Studies Joseph Farrell and Antonio Scuderi present an international collection of essays reevaluating the multifaceted performance art of Nobel laureate Dario Fo. The contributors, all of whom either have previously published on Fo or have worked with him, are the major Dario Fo scholars of three continents. Going beyond the Marxist criticism of the 1970s and 1980s, the editors and contributors try to establish an appropriate language in which to debate Fo’s theater. They seek to identify the core of Fo’s work, the material that will be of lasting value. This involves locating Fo in history, examining the nature of his development through successive phases, incorporating his politics into a wider framework of radical dissent, and setting his theatrical achievements in a context and a tradition. The essays cover every aspect of Dario Fo: as actor, playwright, performer, and songwriter. They also provide the historical background of Fo’s theater, as well as an in-depth analyses of specific works and the contribution of Franca Rame.

59. Dario Fo Biography dario fo biography. BIOGRAPHY. dario fo, recipient of the 1997 nobel Prizefor Literature, was born Leggiuno Sangiano in San Giano, Italy. http://nh.essortment.com/dariofobiograp_rstj.htm

Dario Fo biography BIOGRAPHY Dario Fo, recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born Leggiuno Sangiano in San Giano, Italy. His father, Felice, was a railroad worker and part-time actor, and his mother, Pina Rota, came from a peasant family. As a young man he helped his father smuggle escaped Allied soldiers and Jewish scientists to Switzerland during World War II. Fo was educated at the Brera Art Academy and studied architecture at the Polytechnic. In 1953 he married actress Franca Rame. Together they founded several theatre companies, and she collaborated on many of his plays. As members of the Communist Party they were refused admittance into the United States twice. In 1973, Rame was kidnapped, tortured, and raped by a group of fascists to punish them for their political activism. bodyOffer(19025) Fo's genre is drama, and he is known for his satirical plays. He first gained the notice of critics with IL DITO NELL'OCCHIO. One of his most famous works is MORTE ACCIDENTALE DI UN ANARCHICO (ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST). Another of his works, GLIE ARCANGELI NON GIOCANO A FLIPPER (ARCHANGELS DON'T PLAY PINBALL), became the greatest box-office hit in Italian theatre. Fo has written over 70 plays, and his works have been translated into more than 30 languages. CHRONOLOGY He was born in San Giano, Italy. (March 26)

60. Dario Fo Wabash professor not surprised colleague chosen for nobel Prize James Fishermet the playwright dario fo while speaking at London Conference http://persweb.wabash.edu/facstaff/fisherj/new/DarioFo.html

"Wabash professor not surprised colleague chosen for Nobel Prize James Fisher met the playwright Dario Fo while speaking at London Conference" James Fisher, Wabash professor of Theater, thinks he might have an answer to the question international theater critics are still pondering this week: Just how did Dario Fo - a controversial Italian dramatist whose fame is greatest in his native land - win the Nobel Prize for literature? "He uses literature in a unique way, to expand boundaries someway," said Fisher, who has published extensively on Fo, met him at a London conference and has corresponded with him. "His body of work changed the way we respond to what we see. On those grounds, I think Fo is an incredibly deserving recipient." The award, which carries a $1 million purse in addition to the prestige, was announced Thursday. Fo is a dramatist who satirizes Italian culture, and while his topics often have a universal theme of the little man being caught in the middle, Fisher said Fo's work has not been perceived well everywhere, particularly in America. The announcement that Fo won was greeted with shock by theater critics, the Vatican in Rome and the playwright himself.

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