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From Mythmakers and Lawbreakers:

Fabrizio De André (1940–1999), a renowned Italian songwriter, poet, and anarchist, was known for his epic and political music. He translated the works of Leonard Cohen (among others) into Italian, and he wrote a novel, Un destino ridicolo (A Ridiculous Fate). He made the island of Sardinia his home, and was once kidnapped and ransomed by Sardinian rebels (terrorists/freedom-fighters, take your pick). After his father—a wealthy industrialist who had once been an anti-fascist partisan—paid his ransom, and the kidnappers were brought to trial, Fabrizio reportedly told the court that the rebels “They were the real prisoners, not I.” (Although he did not offer sympathy to the higher-ups in the rebel group, who were wealthy already.)

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