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It is perhaps rather fine, after all, being dead. Highly underrated in the modern western world.
It is perhaps rather fine, after all, being dead. Highly underrated in the modern western world.
Approximate author period: c. 1986 AD · modern
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- Ali Smith
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- Approximate author period: c. 1986 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Ali Smith: documented activity in 1986. Wikidata Q468523, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q468523 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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