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Although he has an honourable record of political engagement, as far as most of humanity is concerned he might as well live in an ivory tower.

“In Latin America a writer can’t live in an ivory tower,” she told the Economist in 1991.

Don't go live in an ivory tower, read the newspapers and involve yourself in the world - where do you think subjects come from if not the world?”

Don't go live in an ivory tower, read the newspapers and involve yourself in the world - where do you think subjects come from if not the world?

"We want to show that we do not live in an ivory tower," says organizer Dario Padovan, a biologist at the University of Trieste.