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Jorge Edwards Collection
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Jorge Edwards is a Chilean writer and former diplomat whose critical stance on oppressive dictatorships in Latin America has sparked controversy. Born in Chile in 1931, Edward was educated in the United States and served as a Chilean diplomat in Cuba and France in the 1970s. He openly criticized the regimes of Fidel Castro in Cuba and Augusto Pinochet in Chile, which eventually led to his exile in Spain. He authored Persona Non Grata, a memoir of his time in Cuba, and Adios, Poeta, a biography of Pablo Neruda, along with several other novels, short stories, poems, and essays. His most persistent theme is the weakness of middle-class society, and his stories, like those of Mario Benedetti in Uruguay, show the pathos, homor, grief and tragedy inherent in his capital city. These stories have appeared in the collections El patio (1952), Gente de la ciudad (1961) and Las máscaras (1967).
Contains drafts of the novels El Peso de la Noche (Santiago de Chile: Zig-Zag, 1967), Persona Non Grata (Barcelona: Barral Editores, 1973), Los Convidados de Piedra (Barcelona: Seix Barral, 1978), and El Museo de Cera (Barcelona: Bruguera, 1981). Drafts of several short stories, essays, and articles, as well as notebooks (1953-1970) and correspondence (1957-1982) with literary figures, politicians, and his extensive family, are also included. José Donoso, Sergio Edwards, Jaime Laso, Enrique Lihn, Pablo Neruda, Luis Pascal, José Rodriguez Feo, Jorge Sanhueza, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Claudio Véliz are some of the correspondents.
Biography Source: The Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature (1978)
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Subject
- Chilean fiction. -- 20th century
- Latin American literature. -- 20th century
- Chile -- Politics and government -- 1970-
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2002
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Collection Inventory
Consists of diary entries as well as drafts of short stories and plays.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Also contains first drafts of a play and a short story
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Consists of novels, short stories, articles, and essays written by Jorge Edwards.
This series is arranged into four subseries: Novels, Short stories, Articles/Essays, and Miscellaneous writings.
Physical Description7 boxes
Consists of novels written by Jorge Edwards, including El peso de la noche, Persona non grata, and El museo de cera.
Arranged by title.
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1 box
1 folder
1 folderAutograph and typed manuscripts
1 box
1 folderTyped manuscript (carbon)
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1 box
1 folderTyped and autograph manuscripts (carbon)
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1 folder5 typed manuscripts
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1 folder6 typed manuscripts
1 folder2 typed manuscripts
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1 folder3 typed manuscripts
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1 box
1 folderAutograph manuscript
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1 folderAutograph manuscript
1 box
1 folderTyped manuscript
1 folderTyped manuscript (carbon)
1 folderTyped manuscript (carbon)
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1 folderTyped manuscript (carbon)
Consists of short stories written by Jorge Edwards, including "Despues de la procesión," "Griselda," and "Cambio de domicilio."
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Physical Description1 box
1 folderTyped manuscript (carbon)
1 folderAutograph manuscript
1 folder
Appeared in Las Máscaras (1967).
Physical Description1 folderAutograph manuscript
1 folderTyped manuscript
1 folderTyped manuscript
(originally "Los ex alumnos")
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(appeared in Las Máscaras (1967) and Temas y Variaciones (1969))
Physical Description1 folderAutograph manuscript
1 folderTyped manuscript (carbon)
1 box
1 folderAutograph manuscript
1 folderTyped manuscript and carbon
pp. 1-14 AMs, 1-9 TMs, 1-10 TMs, 1-10 TMs (carbon), 1-10 TMs (carbon), respectively.
Appeared in Las Máscaras (1967).
Physical Description1 folderAutograph and typed manuscripts
1 box
(appeared in Las Máscaras (1967))
Physical Description1 folderTyped manuscript
1 folderTyped manuscripts and carbon
Appeared in Las Máscaras (1967).
Physical Description1 folderAutograph manuscript
1 box
Appeared in Las Máscaras (1967) and Temas y Variaciones (1969).
Physical Description1 folderAutograph manuscript
1 folderAutograph manuscript
1 folderAutograph manuscript
Appeared in Temas y variaciones (1969).
Physical Description1 folderTyped manuscript
pp. 1-9 AMs, pp. 1-5 TMs, pp. 1-7 TMs, respectively.
Appeared in Temas y variaciones (1969).
Physical Description1 folderAutograph and typed manuscripts
1 folderAutograph manuscript
1 folderTyped manuscript (carbon)
1 folderAutograph manuscript
1 folderAutograph and typed manuscripts
(original title "Los malos hábitos")
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1 folderAutograph and typed manuscripts
1 folderAutograph manuscript
1 box
1 folderAutograph manuscript
1 folderTyped manuscript
1 folderTyped and autograph manuscripts
Consists of articles and essays written by Jorge Edwards.
Arranged by title.
Physical Description1 box
Includes 1st version, pp. 1-13 (TMs) and 2nd version, pp. 1-14 (TMs (carbon)).
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1 folderTyped manuscript
1 folderTyped manuscript
1 folderTyped manuscript and carbon
Also includes a copy of the article as it appeared in "Diálogos-México," pp. 38-42.
Physical Description1 folderAutograph and typed manuscripts and carbon
Consists of the miscellaneous writings of Jorge Edwards.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, arranged alphabetically.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description3 boxes
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., Agencia Latino Americana (ALA), and Agencia Literaria Carmen Balcells, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Librería Editorial Jorge Alavrez, S.R.L.
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See Westphalen, Emilio Adolfo
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See MacShane, Frank
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See Guttentag, Werner T.
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See Lamasse, Christian
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1 folder
1 folder
See Instituto de Chile
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See also Celulosa Constitución
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1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including Ernesto Barreda, Gonzalo Biggs, and Gordon Brotherston, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
1 folder
See Agencia Literaria Carmen Balcells
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1 folder
See Vergara, Javier
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See Lasfargues, G.
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See Editorial Seix Barral; Difusora Internacional, S.A.
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See The Bodley Head
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See René Julliard Editeur
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Chile Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
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1 folder
1 folder
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Princeton University Library
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1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including Leticio Camara, Virginia Careaga, and the center for Inter-American Relations, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
1 folder
See Jornal do Brasil
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1 folder
See The Bodley Head
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1 folder
See Editorial Alfaguara
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Edwards, Pilar
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1 folder
1 folder
See Christ, Ronald J.
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See Sanhueza, Jorge
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1 folder
See Editions Robert Laffont
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Armas Marcelo, J.J.
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Editions Albin Michel
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1 folder
1 folder
See Grupo de Estudios Constitucionales
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including Ann Davies and Yara Dominguez, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Domènech, Jordi
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1 folder
See also D'Angelo, Graciela
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Domínguez, Patricio
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1 folder
1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including Editorial Pomaire, Escuela Militar de Chile, and Jorge Edwards, Jr., as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
See Mena González, Patricio
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Riquelme, Ramon A.
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See Labbe Troncoso, Alberto
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1 folder
1 folder
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Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including Mark Falcoff, Jean Franco, and the Fundacion Pablo Neruda, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
See Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
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1 folder
1 folder
See Casa de las Américas
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See University of London-King's College
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1 folder
1 folder
See Sanhueza, Jorge
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Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including Manuel Galich, Pedro Gimferrar, Soledad Gonzalez, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
See Casa de las Américas
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Editorial Seix Barral
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1 folder
1 folder
See Editorial Alfaguara
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including Barbara Howes and Colin Harding, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
1 folder
See Editorial Seix Barral
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
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1 folder
1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including the Index on Censorship and the International Herald Tribune, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
1 folder
See Peralta, Jaime
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including Angel Jasanada and the Jornal do Brasil, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
See Editorial Seix Barral
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including William Koshland, Enrique Krauze, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
See Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Physical Description1 item
See Vuelta, revista mensual
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including La Republica, Enrique Lafourcade, and Ruth Lepson, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
See Enrique Filippini
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
See Empresa Editorial Zig-Zag, S.A.
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Partisan Review
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Cóndor de la Victoria
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
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1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including the Maison de l'Amerique Latine, Jaime Martinez Williams, and Menlo College, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
1 folder
See Billy, Robert de
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Corporación de Investigaciones para el Desarollo
Physical Description1 item
See Revista ¿Qué Pasa?
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
See Washington Post
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Selecciones del Reader's Digest
Physical Description1 item
See López, Carlos
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Jacques Fauvel
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1 folder
See Editorial Playor
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Tusquets Editores, S.A.
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
See Muchnik Editores
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including Reet Nelis and Pablo Neruda, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
See The Bodley Head
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including Carlos Orellano and Francisco Otta, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
See Editorial Universal
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See Siglo XXI Editores S.A.
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1 folder
1 folder
See Instituto Chileno Norteamericano de Cultura
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1 folder
1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including Jesus Pardo de Santayanna, Princeton University, and Mariano Puga Vega, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
1 folder
See Historia
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1 folder
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Sigmund, Paul
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
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1 folder
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Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards with Jorge Mario Quinzio Figueiredo.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including Rosa Regas, Max Reinhardt, and Frederico Riesco, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
1 folder
See Editorial Seix Barral
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
See The Bodley Head
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See United Nations Spanish Translation Service
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Selecciones de Reader's Digest
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including Jaime Salinas, Domingo Santa Cruz, and Martin Schramm, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
See La Vanguardia
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
See Editorial Alfaguara
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
See Urbistondo, Vicente
Physical Description1 item
See Grupo de Estudios Constitucionales
Physical Description1 item
See Sociedad de Distribución y Ediciones Formentor
Physical Description1 item
See Instituto de Chile
Physical Description1 item
See Casa de las Américas
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
See Index on Censorship
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
See New Magazines Verlagsgesellschaft; Trans Atlantik
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
See Newsday
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See International Pen Club
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Lastra, Pedro
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
See Washington Post
Physical Description1 item
See Montclair State College
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
See The Times Literary Supplement
Physical Description1 item
See Ediciones Sep/Setentas
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including Teneba and Jorge Teillier, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
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1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including UNESCO and several Universities, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
See Smith, Louise Olive
Physical Description1 item
See Postdata
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See Laidley, Alvin
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
See Arnold, Philip W.
Physical Description1 item
See Figueroa, Inés
Physical Description1 item
See Espinosa, Ernesto
Physical Description1 item
See Rojas, Gonzalo
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
See Verdevoye, Pedro
Physical Description1 item
See Monguió, Luis
Physical Description1 item
See Menton, Seymour
Physical Description1 item
See Velasco, Eugenio
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
See Loveluck, Juan
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including Anamaria Vergara and Mario Villar, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
See Edwards, Sergio and Valdés Lira de Edwards, Carmen
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Melo, Thiago de
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1 folder
1 folder
See Agencia Latino Americana
Physical Description1 item
See Agenica Latino Americana
Physical Description1 item
1 folder
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
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1 folder
Consists of the correspondence of Jorge Edwards, including Washington State University and Ramon Xirau, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
See Luchting, Wolfgang A.
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1 folder
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