No, not dedicated at all

A lifelong socialist, he used the prize money to travel to Italy to work on his translation of the Prison Letters of Antonio Gramsci, the philosopher and founder of the Italian Communist Party, though the work was not published for many years. It was a sensitive subject in Italy at the time and Henderson was asked to leave the country.

Absolutley. It requires no dedication at all to spend your own money, laboriously translate an the prison letters of the founder of the Italian communist party, knowing that they would not be published and then have to flee a country for your own political views.

You could, of course, try to prove that this was not dedication with a quote from a person you had already dismissed as 'before your time' but that would make you look foolish wouldn't it.

Oh, hang on...

Yes indeed, Jim. Double, or even treble. Talking of which, about time I set off over them there hills to work up a thirst for some of those decent beers we have been talking about. Possibly Timmy Taylors over in Keighley before my own local Black Sheep. Looks cloudy but hopefully the rain will hold off.