{{short description|Irish writer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox writer | name = Dave Rudden | image = File:Dave Rudden headshot.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = Dave Rudden (2014) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|02|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = County Cavan, Ireland | occupation = Writer | language = English | nationality = Irish | education = | alma_mater = University College Dublin (M.A. 2013), St Patrick's College, Dublin (B.A.) | genres = {{cslist|Young adult fiction|juvenile fantasy|science fiction}} | notable_works = ''Knights of the Borrowed Dark'' trilogy (2016–2018) | awards = {{Plainlist| * 2016 Irish Book Award for Best Senior Children's Book: {{ill|v=ib|Knights of the Borrowed Dark|pl|Rycerze pożyczonego mroku|italic=y}} }} | website = {{URL|daverudden.com}} }} '''Dave Rudden''' (born 13 February 1988) is an Irish writer of young adult fiction, juvenile fantasy and science fiction, best known for his ''Knights of the Borrowed Dark'' trilogy and stories from the ''Doctor Who'' universe.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 March 2014 |title=Author David Rudden (26) in fantasy land with lucrative book deal |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/author-david-rudden-26-in-fantasy-land-with-lucrative-book-deal/30118806.html |last=Spain |first=John |access-date=18 September 2023 |url-access=registration |website=The Irish Independent |language=en |archive-date=19 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919132101/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/author-david-rudden-26-in-fantasy-land-with-lucrative-book-deal/30118806.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Meet the Irish author who is reinventing Doctor Who |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/meet-the-irish-author-who-is-reinventing-doctor-who-1.3655918 |last=Power |first=Ed |date=11 October 2018 |access-date=18 September 2023 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en |archive-date=19 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919132101/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/meet-the-irish-author-who-is-reinventing-doctor-who-1.3655918 |url-status=live }}</ref> He is based in Dublin.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Two New Writers-In-Residence announced at DCU for 2022 |url=https://www.dcu.ie/humanities-and-social-sciences/news/2021/dec/two-new-writers-residence-announced-dcu-2022 |date=20 December 2021 |access-date=18 September 2023 |website=Dublin City University |language=en |archive-date=19 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919132102/https://www.dcu.ie/humanities-and-social-sciences/news/2021/dec/two-new-writers-residence-announced-dcu-2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Early life and education== Born on 13 February 1988 in County Cavan, Rudden is from Bawnboy, where he attended St Aidan's National School and St Mogue's College.<ref>{{cite news |last=Leonard |first=Sue |date=26 March 2016 |title=Beginner's Pluck |newspaper=The Irish Examiner}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Cavan author lands six-figure international book deal|url=https://www.anglocelt.ie/2014/03/27/cavan-author-lands-six-figure-international-book-deal/|last=McGovern|first=Jenny|date=27 March 2014|access-date=19 September 2023|website=The Anglo-Celt|language=en|archive-date=22 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922041907/https://www.anglocelt.ie/2014/03/27/cavan-author-lands-six-figure-international-book-deal/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= Dave Rudden Visit, 12th December 2018|url= https://www.staidansbawnboy.ie/2018/12/12/dave-rudden-visit-12th-december-2018/|date=12 December 2018 |access-date=12 May 2024 |website=St. Aidan's National School |language=en |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607225831/https://www.staidansbawnboy.ie/2018/12/12/dave-rudden-visit-12th-december-2018/ |url-status=live}}</ref> He studied a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in St Patrick's College, Dublin,<ref>{{Cite web|title=An education in fiction|url=https://trinitynews.ie/2016/04/an-education-in-fiction/|date=6 April 2016|access-date=20 September 2023|last=Clarke|first=Dearbháil|website=Trinity News|language=en|archive-date=4 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604103618/http://trinitynews.ie/2016/04/an-education-in-fiction/|url-status=live}}</ref> and graduated from University College Dublin, obtaining Master of Arts degree in creative writing in 2013.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=MA Creative Writing. Testimonial|url=https://hub.ucd.ie/usis/!W_HU_MENU.P_PUBLISH?p_tag=PROG&MAJR=Z012|access-date=19 September 2023|website=University College Dublin|language=en|archive-date=19 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919132103/https://hub.ucd.ie/usis/!W_HU_MENU.P_PUBLISH?p_tag=PROG&MAJR=Z012|url-status=live}}</ref> As a young author he won the Fantasy Book Review short story competition (2011)<ref>{{Cite web |title = Fantasy Book Review Short Story Competition winner and runner-ups announced |website = Fantasy Book Review |date = 1 November 2011 |access-date = 21 September 2023 |url = http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/blog/2011/11/01/fantasy-book-review-short-story-competition-winner-and-runner-ups-announced/ |language = en |archive-date = 4 November 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111104200859/http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/blog/2011/11/01/fantasy-book-review-short-story-competition-winner-and-runner-ups-announced/ |url-status = dead }}</ref> and one of ''Literary Death Matches'' in Dublin (2014).<ref>{{Cite web |title = Literary Death Match, Dublin, Ep. 8 |website = Literary Death Match |date = 25 October 2014 |access-date = 21 September 2023 |url = http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/journal/dublin-ep-8.html |language = en |archive-date = 29 September 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230929030041/http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/journal/dublin-ep-8.html |url-status = live }}</ref> ==''Knights of the Borrowed Dark'' trilogy== Rudden debuted as a novelist in 2016 with ''{{ill|Knights of the Borrowed Dark|pl|Rycerze pożyczonego mroku}}'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 April 2018 |title=Irish author Dave Rudden on overcoming bullying and self-harm and how writing changed everything |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books-arts/book-news/irish-author-dave-rudden-on-overcoming-bullying-and-self-harm-and-how-writing-changed-everything/36773841.html |last=Armstrong |first=Maggie |access-date=18 September 2023 |url-access=registration |website=The Irish Independent |language=en |archive-date=19 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919132136/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books-arts/book-news/irish-author-dave-rudden-on-overcoming-bullying-and-self-harm-and-how-writing-changed-everything/36773841.html |url-status=live }}</ref> described by the Internet Speculative Fiction Database as juvenile fantasy.<ref name=":3">{{ISFDB series|id=41560|title=Knights of the Borrowed Dark}}</ref> The book was reviewed by ''The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books'',<ref>{{cite journal |last=Martaus |first=Alaine |date=July–August 2016 |title=''Knights of the Borrowed Dark'' by Dave Rudden (review) |journal=The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books|volume=69 |issue=11 |pages=595 |doi=10.1353/bcc.2016.0620 |s2cid=148224240 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/621465/summary|access-date=22 September 2023|url-access=subscription }}</ref> ''School Library Journal'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 June 2016 |title=''Knights of the Borrowed Dark'' by Dave Rudden |url=https://www.slj.com/review/knights-of-the-borrowed-dark |last=Muyumba |first=Valentine |access-date=23 September 2023 |website=School Library Journal |language=en |archive-date=23 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923065521/https://www.slj.com/review/knights-of-the-borrowed-dark |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The Irish Times''<ref>{{cite news |date=9 April 2016 |title=Children's book reviews: the rise of Dave Rudden and the return of Dr Seuss |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/children-s-book-reviews-the-rise-of-dave-rudden-and-the-return-of-dr-seuss-1.2603580 |first=Robert |last=Dunbar |access-date=3 October 2023 |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en |archive-date=4 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004113054/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/children-s-book-reviews-the-rise-of-dave-rudden-and-the-return-of-dr-seuss-1.2603580 |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''The Guardian'', in which S. F. Said called it "a magical debut".<ref>{{Cite web |title = ''Knights of the Borrowed Dark'' by Dave Rudden review – a magical debut |website = The Guardian |date = 7 May 2016 |access-date = 22 September 2023 |url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/07/knights-of-the-borrowed-dark-dave-rudden-review-childrens-fiction |last = Said |first = S. F. |author-link = S. F. Said |language = en |archive-date = 26 September 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230926213657/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/07/knights-of-the-borrowed-dark-dave-rudden-review-childrens-fiction |url-status = live }}</ref> It won the 2016 Irish Book Award for Best Senior Children's Book<ref>{{Cite web |title=Children's Book of the Year (Senior) |url=https://www.irishbookawards.ie/award-categories/childrens-book-of-the-year-senior/ |access-date=18 September 2023 |website=Irish Book Awards |language=en-GB |archive-date=19 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919133604/https://www.irishbookawards.ie/award-categories/childrens-book-of-the-year-senior/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the 2016 Great Reads Award for "Most Read" title.<ref>{{Cite web |title = The Great Reads Award. Archive. Winners of GRA 2016 |access-date = 21 September 2023 |website = The Great Reads Award |date = 29 September 2017 |url = https://greatreadsaward.com/archive/ |language = en |archive-date = 19 September 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230919132103/https://greatreadsaward.com/archive/ |url-status = live }}</ref> It was selected by the city of Dublin for its UNESCO-affiliated 2017 Citywide Reading Campaign for Children.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Citywide Reading Campaign for Children – ''Knights of the Borrowed Dark'' |url=https://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/events/citywide-readin-campaign-children-knights-borrowed-dark/ |access-date=18 September 2023 |website=Dublin UNESCO City of Literature |language=en-GB |archive-date=19 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919132104/https://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/events/citywide-readin-campaign-children-knights-borrowed-dark/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to figures compiled by Public Lending Remuneration the novel was one of top 20 books borrowed from public libraries in Ireland in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' and David Walliams top book charts|last=McCárthaigh|first=Seán|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/walliams-and-wimpy-kid-top-book-charts-z67pg2hb9|date=11 June 2018|access-date=29 September 2023|url-access=subscription |website=The Sunday Times|language=en|archive-date=12 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612192836/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/walliams-and-wimpy-kid-top-book-charts-z67pg2hb9|url-status=live}}</ref>
The Irish National Council for Curriculum and Assessment chose ''Knights of the Borrowed Dark'' for the Junior Cycle English Indicative First Year Text List (2021–2023).<ref>{{cite web|access-date=18 September 2023|language=en|title=Junior Cycle English Indicative First Year Text List (For first year student cohorts 2021, 2022, 2023)|url=https://www.curriculumonline.ie/getmedia/18cdd79b-9ed8-4685-8c90-325b5e48f8f8/JC-English-First-year-indicative-list-2021-2023.pdf|website=National Council for Curriculum and Assessment|archive-date=23 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323144102/https://www.curriculumonline.ie/getmedia/18cdd79b-9ed8-4685-8c90-325b5e48f8f8/JC-English-First-year-indicative-list-2021-2023.pdf|url-status=live}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> It is the first part of the series continued with ''{{ill|The Forever Court|pl|Wieczny dwór}}'' (2017), shortlisted for the 2017 Irish Book Award for Best Senior Children's Book, and ''The Endless King'' (2018).<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news |title=Shortlists announced for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2017 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/shortlists-announced-for-the-bord-gais-energy-irish-book-awards-2017-1.3277815 |date=2 November 2017 |access-date=19 September 2023 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en |archive-date=29 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929030039/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/shortlists-announced-for-the-bord-gais-energy-irish-book-awards-2017-1.3277815 |url-status=live }}</ref> The trilogy is currently being developed into a film by Arvind Ethan David.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arvind Ethan David |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/arvind-ethan-david |access-date=18 September 2023 |website=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |language=en |archive-date=29 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929030039/https://www.emmys.com/bios/arvind-ethan-david |url-status=live }}</ref>
==''Doctor Who'' books and stories== Since 2018, Rudden has been writing science fiction books set in the ''Doctor Who'' universe, at the invitation of the franchise's custodians at Puffin Books and the BBC.<ref name=":0" /> Combining various elements of the ''Doctor Who'' universe, they were initially two collections of short stories.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title = ''The Wintertime Paradox'' by Dave Rudden|date = 14 November 2020|access-date = 23 September 2023|website = SFFWorld|url = https://www.sffworld.com/2020/11/the-wintertime-paradox-by-dave-rudden/|last = Yon|first = Mark|language = en|archive-date = 29 September 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230929030039/https://www.sffworld.com/2020/11/the-wintertime-paradox-by-dave-rudden/|url-status = live}}</ref> ''Doctor Who: Twelve Angels Weeping'', released in October 2018, was the first ''Doctor Who'' book to feature the Thirteenth Doctor from the television series.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{ISFDB title|id=2423575|title=Twelve Angels Weeping}}</ref> It was shortlisted for the 2018 Irish Book Award for Best Teen & Young Adult Book.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Shortlist unveiled for the An Post Irish Book Awards 2018|date = 25 October 2018|access-date = 24 September 2023|website = An Post|url = https://www.anpost.com/Media-Centre/News/Shortlist-unveiled-for-the-An-Post-Irish-Book-Awar|language = en|archive-date = 29 September 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230929031543/https://www.anpost.com/Media-Centre/News/Shortlist-unveiled-for-the-An-Post-Irish-Book-Awar|url-status = live}}</ref> Rudden's third ''Doctor Who'' book, ''Doctor Who: Wannabes: A 1990s Story'' (2023), featuring the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble, is a novel in the six-book Decades Collection celebrating the 60th anniversary of the series.<ref>{{cite web |title=Doctor Who's 60th anniversary celebrated with new series of novels |last=Cormack |first=Morgan |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-novels-60th-anniversary-newsupdate/ |date=11 April 2023 |access-date=3 October 2023 |website=Radio Times |language=en |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605203501/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-novels-60th-anniversary-newsupdate/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Other literary activities== Rudden was Writer-In-Residence at Marino Institute of Education in Dublin in 2018–2019<ref>{{Cite web|title = Dave Rudden (MIE Writer in Residence 2018–2019)|url = https://mie-ie.libguides.com/c.php?g=571967&p=5043615|access-date = 5 October 2023 |website = Marino Institute of Education|language = en|archive-date = 1 October 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231001083127/https://mie-ie.libguides.com/c.php?g=571967&p=5043615|url-status=live}}</ref> and was appointed Writer-In-Residence at Dublin City University for 2022.<ref name=":1" /> During the COVID-19 pandemic, he regularly collaborated with the educational television programme RTÉ's Home School Hub, bringing writing tips and motivation to a national audience.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dave Rudden: There are books for everyone |url=https://www.rte.ie/learn/home-school-hub/2021/0303/1200626-dave-rudden-books/ |website=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |date=5 March 2021 |access-date=7 October 2023 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308153227/https://www.rte.ie/learn/home-school-hub/2021/0303/1200626-dave-rudden-books/ |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> He mentors emerging writers through Irish Writers Centre's National Mentoring Programme<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Irish Writers Centre announces migration of the National Mentoring Programme|date = 21 March 2022|access-date = 21 September 2023|website = The Irish Writers Centre|url = https://irishwriterscentre.ie/the-irish-writers-centre-announces-migration-of-the-national-mentoring-programme/|language = en|archive-date = 19 September 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230919150808/https://irishwriterscentre.ie/the-irish-writers-centre-announces-migration-of-the-national-mentoring-programme/|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Local Writers selected for the Irish Writers Centre's National Mentoring Programme 2023|date = 6 September 2023|access-date = 21 September 2023|website = Fingal County Council|url = https://www.fingal.ie/news/local-writers-selected-irish-writers-centres-national-mentoring-programme-2023|language = en|archive-date = 19 September 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230919172342/https://www.fingal.ie/news/local-writers-selected-irish-writers-centres-national-mentoring-programme-2023|url-status = live}}</ref> and serves as one of "Ireland Reads" campaign ambassadors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Squeeze in a Read, February 25th 2022 |url=https://www.publishingireland.com/squeeze-in-a-read-february-25th-2022/ |access-date=20 September 2023 |website=Publishing Ireland |date=14 February 2022 |language=en |archive-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528094147/https://www.publishingireland.com/squeeze-in-a-read-february-25th-2022/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ireland Reads: 'You never have to wait for a book to charge up'|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-41074124.html|last=O'Callaghan|first=Helen|date=21 February 2023|access-date=20 September 2023|website=The Irish Examiner|language=en|archive-date=29 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929030041/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-41074124.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ireland Reads. Our Partners & Ambassadors |url=https://www.irelandreads.ie/ |access-date=20 September 2023 |website=Ireland Reads |language=en |archive-date=9 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609042939/https://www.irelandreads.ie/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, he was nominated for the 2024 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award as one of four nominees from Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nominated candidates 2024|url=https://alma.se/en/nomination/candidates/nominated-candidates-2024/|access-date=2023-10-25 |website=Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020014748/https://alma.se/en/nomination/candidates/nominated-candidates-2024/ |archive-date=20 October 2023 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref>
''Sister Wake'', the first book of Rudden's new fantasy trilogy, intended for an adult audience, was released by Hodderscape in January 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hodderscape to publish new fantasy trilogy by acclaimed UCD Creative Writing graduate Dave Rudden|url=https://www.ucd.ie/newsandopinion/news/2025/july/09/hodderscapetopublishnewfantasytrilogybyacclaimeducdcreativewritinggraduatedaverudden/|access-date=2025-10-27 |last=Kearns|first=David|date=9 July 2025|website=University College Dublin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250815192622/https://www.ucd.ie/newsandopinion/news/2025/july/09/hodderscapetopublishnewfantasytrilogybyacclaimeducdcreativewritinggraduatedaverudden/ |archive-date=15 August 2025 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sister Wake Exclusive Extract |url=https://hodderscape.co.uk/blogs/exclusive-author-content/sister-wake-exclusive-extract |access-date=8 February 2026 |website=Hodderscape |language=en |archive-date=8 February 2026 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260208065024/https://hodderscape.co.uk/blogs/exclusive-author-content/sister-wake-exclusive-extract |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Bibliography== ===''Knights of the Borrowed Dark'' trilogy=== * {{cite book|title={{ill|Knights of the Borrowed Dark|pl|Rycerze pożyczonego mroku}} |location=London |publisher=Puffin Books |date=2016 |isbn=978-0-1413-5660-0}} – First American edition New York: Random House. 2016. {{isbn|978-0-5535-2297-6}}. * {{cite book|title={{ill|The Forever Court|pl|Wieczny dwór}} |date=2017 |location=London |publisher=Puffin Books |isbn=978-0-1413-5661-7}} – First American edition New York: Random House. 2017. {{isbn|978-0-5535-2301-0}}. * {{cite book|title=The Endless King |date=2018 |location=London |publisher=Puffin Books |isbn=978-0-1413-5662-4}} – First American edition New York: Random House. 2018. {{isbn|978-0-5535-2305-8}}.
===Stories from the ''Doctor Who'' universe=== * {{cite book|title=Doctor Who: Twelve Angels Weeping |location=London |publisher=BBC Children's Books |date=2018 |isbn=978-1-4059-3827-3}} * {{cite book|title=The Wintertime Paradox: Festive Stories from the World of Doctor Who |location=London |publisher=Puffin Books |date=2020 |isbn=978-1-4059-4610-0}} * {{cite book|title=Doctor Who: Wannabes. A 1990s Story |date=2023 |location=London |publisher=BBC Children's Books |isbn=978-1-4059-5702-1}}
===''Tales of Darkisle'' series=== * {{cite book|title=Conn of the Dead |series=Tales of Darkisle. Book 1|date=2025 |location=Dublin |publisher=Gill Books |isbn=978-1-8045-8208-4}}
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==External links== * {{Official website}} * {{ISFDB name|226933}} * {{TardisIndexFile}}
==Further reading== * "Dave Rudden, 1988–". In {{cite encyclopedia |last= |first= |editor-last= DiMercurio |editor-first=Catherine |title=Contemporary Authors |title-link=Contemporary Authors |volume=403 |date=2017 |article= |pages= |article-url=|article-url-access= |access-date= |publisher=Gale, a Cengage Company |location=Farmington Hills, Michigan |isbn=978-1-4103-2279-1 |language=en}} * "Dave Rudden, 1988–". In {{cite encyclopedia |last= |first= |editor-last=Ferguson |editor-first=Elizabeth |title=Something About the Author|volume=338 |date=2019 |article= |pages= |article-url=|article-url-access= |access-date= |publisher=Gale, a Cengage Company |location=Farmington Hills, Michigan |isbn=978-1-4103-8768-4 |language=en}}
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