Editing Exile

{{short description|Event by which a person is forced away from home}}
{{other uses}}
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[[File:Napoleon sainthelene.jpg|thumb|''[[Napoleon]]'s Exile on [[Saint Helena]]'' by Franz Josef Sandman (1820)]]
[[File:The First Night in Exile.jpg|thumb|''The First Night in Exile''&nbsp;– This painting comes from a series illustrating the ''[[Ramayana]]'', a [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[Epic poetry|epic poem]]. It depicts prince Rama, who is wrongly exiled from his father's kingdom, accompanied only by his wife and brother.]]
[[File:Dante exile.jpg|thumb|''[[Dante]] in Exile'' by Domenico Petarlini]]

'''Exile''' or '''banishment''' is primarily penal expulsion from one's native [[country]], and secondarily [[expatriation]] or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons and peoples suffer exile, but sometimes social entities like institutions (e.g. the [[Pope|papacy]] or a [[Government-in-exile|government]]) are forced from their homeland.

In [[Roman law]], {{lang|la|exsilium}} denoted both voluntary exile and banishment as a [[capital punishment]] alternative to death. [[Deportation]] was forced exile, and entailed the lifelong loss of citizenship and property. [[Relegatio]]n was a milder form of deportation, which preserved the subject's citizenship and property.<ref>{{citation | author=William Smith | entry=Banishment (Roman) | title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities | edition=3rd | year=1890 | pages=136–137| title-link=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities | author-link=William Smith (lexicographer) }}</ref>

The term [[diaspora]] describes group exile, both voluntary and forced. "[[Government in exile]]" describes a government of a country that has relocated and argues its legitimacy from outside that country. Voluntary exile is often depicted as a form of protest by the person who claims it, to avoid persecution and prosecution (such as tax or criminal allegations), an act of shame or repentance, or isolating oneself to be able to devote time to a particular pursuit.

Article 9 of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] states that "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile."

==Internal exile==
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Internal exile is a form of banishment within the boundaries of one's homeland, but far away from home.

==For individuals==
===Exiled heads of state===
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In some cases the [[List of deposed politicians|deposed]] [[head of state]] is allowed to go into exile following a [[Coup d'état|coup]] or other change of government, allowing a more peaceful transition to take place or to escape justice.<ref>{{cite news|last=Geoghegan |first=Tom |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13052996 |title=BBC News – What happens to deposed leaders? |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2011-04-14 |access-date=2014-05-12|work=BBC News }}</ref>

===Avoiding tax or legal matters===
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A wealthy citizen who moves to a jurisdiction with lower taxes is termed a ''tax exile''. Creative people such as authors and musicians who achieve sudden wealth sometimes choose this. Examples include the British-Canadian writer [[Arthur Hailey]], who moved to the Bahamas to avoid taxes following the runaway success of his novels ''Hotel'' and ''Airport'',<ref>Stevie Cameron, ''Blue Trust: The Author, The Lawyer, His Wife, And Her Money,'' 1998</ref> and the English rock band the [[Rolling Stones]] who, in the spring of 1971, owed more in taxes than they could pay and left Britain before the government could seize their assets. Members of the band all moved to France for a period of time where they recorded music for the album that came to be called ''Exile on Main Street'', the Main Street of the title referring to the French Riviera.<ref>Robert Greenfield, ''Exile on Main Street: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones,'' 2008.</ref> In 2012, [[Eduardo Saverin]], one of the founders of Facebook, made headlines by renouncing his U.S. citizenship before his company's [[Initial public offering|IPO]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Kucera|first=Danielle|title=Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Gives Up U.S. Citizenship Before IPO|newspaper=Bloomberg |date=11 May 2012 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-11/facebook-co-founder-saverin-gives-up-u-s-citizenship-before-ipo.html|publisher=Bloomberg News|access-date=2 November 2012}}</ref> The dual Brazilian/U.S. citizen's decision to move to Singapore and renounce his citizenship spurred a bill in the U.S. Senate, the [[Ex-PATRIOT Act]], which would have forced such wealthy ''tax exiles'' to pay a special tax in order to re-enter the United States.<ref>{{cite news|last=Drawbaugh|first=Kevin|title=Facebook's Saverin fires back at tax-dodge critics|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-taxes-idUSBRE84G11A20120517|access-date=2 November 2012|newspaper=Reuters|date=May 17, 2012}}</ref>

In some cases a person voluntarily lives in exile to avoid legal issues, such as [[litigation]] or [[criminal prosecution]]. An example of this is [[Asil Nadir]], who fled to the [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]] for 17 years rather than face [[prosecution]] in connection with the failed £1.7 bn company [[Polly Peck]] in the [[United Kingdom]].

===Avoiding violence or persecution, or in the aftermath of war===
Examples include:
* [[Iraq]]i academics asked to return home "from exile" to help rebuild Iraq in 2009<ref>{{cite journal |url= http://chronicle.com/article/Iraq-Appeals-Anew-to-Exiled/47791 |title=Iraq Appeals Anew to Exiled Academics to Return Home|first=Andrew |last=Mills |journal=The Chronicle of Higher Education |date=2009-06-23|access-date=2011-04-17}}</ref>
* People undertaking a religious or [[civil liberties]] role in society may be forced into exile due to threat of persecution. For example, in Czechoslovakia, [[nun]]s were internally exiled to small villages along the northern border that had been stripped of their original German populations (such as [[Bílá Voda]]) following the [[Communism|Communist]] [[1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état|coup d'état of 1948]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-01-20-mn-233-story.html |title=For Exiled Nuns, It's Too Late : Banished by the Communist regime, Czechoslovakia's sisters of Bila Voda were symbols of persecution. Now most are too old or weak to benefit from the revolution |first=Dan |last=Fisher |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=1990-01-20 |access-date=2011-04-17}}</ref>
* [[Thibaw Min]] and [[Supayalat]] were exiled to [[India]] after [[Third Anglo-Burmese War]], named [[Pataw Mu]].

===Euphemism for convict===
Exile, government man and assigned servant were all [[euphemism]]s used in the 19th century for [[Convicts in Australia|convicts under sentence]] who had been [[Penal transportation|transported]] from Britain to [[Australia]].<ref>Morris, Edward E., (1898, reprinted 1973), ''A dictionary of Austral English'', Sydney, Sydney University Press, pp. 140, 166. {{ISBN|0424063905}}</ref>

==For groups, nations, and governments==

===Nation in exile===
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When a large group, or occasionally a whole people or [[nation]] is exiled, it can be said that this nation is in exile, or "diaspora". Nations that have been in exile for substantial periods include the [[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|Israelites]] by the Assyrian king [[Sargon II]]  in 720 BCE, the [[Kingdom of Judah|Judeans]] who were deported by [[Babylon]]ian king [[Nebuchadnezzar II]] in 586 BC,  and the [[Jews]]  following the destruction of the second [[Temple in Jerusalem]] in AD 70.  Jewish prayers include a yearning to return to [[Jerusalem]] and the [[Land of Israel]],<ref>Peter Richardson, ''Herod: King of the Jews and Friend of the Romans'', Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1996, p.98-99</ref> such as "[[L'Shana Haba'ah|Next Year in Jerusalem]]".

After the [[Partitions of Poland]] in the late 18th century, and following the uprisings (like [[Kościuszko Uprising]], [[November Uprising]] and [[January Uprising]]) against the partitioning powers ([[Russian Empire|Russia]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] and [[Habsburg monarchy|Austria]]), many Poles have chosen&nbsp;– or been forced&nbsp;– to go into exile, forming large diasporas (known as [[Polish diaspora|Polonia]]), especially [[Poles in France|in France]] and [[Polish Americans|the United States]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=Robert |last1=Bideleux |first2=Ian |last2=Jeffries |title=A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change |publisher=Routledge |year=1998 |page=156}}</ref> The entire population of [[Crimean Tatars]] (numbering 200,000 in all) that remained in their homeland of [[Crimean Peninsula|Crimea]] was exiled on 18 May 1944 to Central Asia as a form of [[ethnic cleansing]] and [[collective punishment]] on false accusations.<ref name="changonrevison">{{cite journal |last1=K. Chang |first1=Jon |title=Ethnic Cleansing and Revisionist Russian and Soviet History |journal= Academic Questions|date=8 April 2019 |volume=32 |issue=2 |page=270 |doi=10.1007/s12129-019-09791-8 |doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 |s2cid=150711796 }}</ref>

Since the [[Cuban Revolution]], over a million [[Cubans]] have left [[Cuba]]. Most of these self-identified as exiles as their motivation for leaving the island is political in nature. At the time of the Cuban Revolution, Cuba only had a population of 6.5&nbsp;million, and was not a country that had a history of significant emigration, it being the sixth largest recipient of immigrants in the world as of 1958. Most of the exiles' children also consider themselves to be [[Cuban exile]]s. Under Cuban law, children of Cubans born abroad are considered Cuban citizens.<ref name="NorthAmerica">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Powell |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VNCX6UsdZYkC&q=%22cubans+are+usually+considered+to+be+the+most+successful%22&pg=PA68|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of North American Immigration|pages=68–71|title=Cuban immigration |publisher=Facts on File |date=2005 |access-date=30 November 2016|isbn=9781438110127 }}</ref> An extension of colonial practices, Latin America saw widespread exile, of a political variety, during the 19th and 20th century.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sznajder |first1=Mario |last2=Roniger |first2=Luis |date=2007 |title=Political Exile in Latin America |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27648031 |journal=Latin American Perspectives |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=7–30 |doi=10.1177/0094582X07302891 |jstor=27648031 |s2cid=145378385 |issn=0094-582X|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Exiled political groups often develop complex media strategies, including diaspora engagement and investigative reporting, to maintain visibility, mobilise support, and address challenges of operating outside their home country.<ref> Chumakov, A. (2023). Media Strategies of Russian Opposition in Exile: Values, Visibility, and Virtual Mobilisation. https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1800879&dswid=-1474 </ref>

===Government in exile===
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During a foreign [[Military occupation|occupation]] or after a [[coup d'état]], a ''government in exile'' of a such afflicted country may be established abroad. One of the most well-known instances of this is the [[Polish government-in-exile]], a government in exile that commanded [[Polish contribution to World War II|Polish armed forces]] operating outside Poland, and the African-based [[Free French Forces]] government of [[Charles de Gaulle]] during the [[German-occupied Europe|German Occupation]] of Poland and France in [[World War II|WWII]]. Other post-war examples include the client [[All-Palestine Government|All Palestine Government]] established by the [[Kingdom of Egypt|Egyptian Kingdom]], and the [[Central Tibetan Administration]], commonly known as the Tibetan government-in-exile, and headed by the [[14th Dalai Lama]].

===For inanimate objects===
[[Ivan the Terrible]] once exiled to Siberia an inanimate object: a bell.<ref>Salisbury, Harrison,  "The Key to Moscow,"  J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, 1963, page 52.</ref>  "When the inhabitants of the town of [[Uglich]] rang their bell to rally a demonstration against Ivan the Terrible, the cruel Czar executed two hundred (nobles), and exiled the Uglich bell to Siberia, where it remained for two hundred years."<ref>Salisbury, Harrison, "The Key to Moscow," J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, Copyright 1963, page 52.</ref>

==In popular culture==
===Drama===
[[File:Jason and Medea - John William Waterhouse.jpg|thumb|''[[Medea#Jason and Medea|Jason and Medea]]'', by [[John William Waterhouse]], 1907]]

Exile is an early motif in [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] [[tragedy]]. In the ancient Greek world, this was seen as a fate worse than death. The motif reaches its peak on the play ''[[Medea (play)|Medea]]'', written by [[Euripides]] in the fifth century BC, and rooted in the very old oral traditions of Greek mythology. Euripides' ''Medea'' has remained the most frequently performed Greek tragedy through the 20th century.<ref>Cf. [[Helene P. Foley]]: ''Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage''. University of California Press, 2012, p. 190</ref>

===Art===
[[File:Klaus Mann.jpg|thumb|Exiled [[Klaus Mann]] as Staff Sergeant of the 5th US Army, Italy 1944]]
[[File:Anna Seghers Das siebte Kreuz 1942.jpg|thumb|Cover of [[Anna Seghers]]' {{lang|de|[[The Seventh Cross|Das siebte Kreuz]]}}]]

After [[Medea]] was abandoned by [[Jason]] and had become a murderess out of revenge, she fled to Athens and married king [[Aigeus]] there, and became the stepmother of the hero [[Theseus]]. Due to a conflict with him, she must leave the [[Polis]] and go away into exile. [[John William Waterhouse]] (1849–1917), the English [[Pre-Raphaelite]] painter's famous picture ''[[Jason and Medea]]'' shows a key moment before, when Medea tries to poison Theseus.<ref>Cf. Elisabeth Prettejohn: ''Art of the Pre-Raphaelites''. Princeton University Press, London 2000, pp. 165–207. {{ISBN|0-691-07057-1}}</ref>

===Literature===
In ancient Rome, the Roman Senate had the power to declare the exile to individuals, families or even entire regions. One of the Roman victims was the poet [[Ovid]], who lived during the reign of [[Augustus]]. He was forced to leave Rome and move away to the city of Tomis on the Black Sea, now [[Constanța]]. There he wrote his famous work ''Tristia'' (Sorrows) about his bitter feelings in exile.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tristia by Ovid – high drama and hoax|url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/21/tristia-by-ovid-high-drama-and-hoax|newspaper=The Guardian|date= 2015-08-21|last1= Baggott|first1= Sophie}}</ref>
Another, at least in a temporary exile, was [[Dante]].

The German-language writer [[Franz Kafka]] described the exile of Karl Rossmann in the posthumously published novel {{lang|de|[[Amerika (novel)|Amerika]]}}.<ref>Cf. an unabridged reading by [[Sven Regener]]: ''Amerika'', Roof Music, Bochum 2014.</ref>

During the period of National Socialism in the first few years after 1933, many Jews, as well as a significant number of German artists and intellectuals fled into exile; for instance, the authors [[Klaus Mann]] and [[Anna Seghers]]. So Germany's own exile literature emerged and received worldwide credit.<ref>See Martin Mauthner: ''German Writers in French Exile, 1933–1940'', Vallentine Mitchell, London 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-85303-540-4}}.</ref> Klaus Mann finished his novel {{lang|de|Der Vulkan}} (''The Volcano: A Novel Among Emigrants'') in 1939<ref>which he started in September 1936, when he came to New York. Cf. Jan Patocka in: ''Escape to Life. German Intellectuals in New York. A Compendium on Exile after 1933'', ed. by Eckart Goebel/Sigrid Weigel. De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston 2012, p. 354. {{ISBN|978-3-11-025867-7}}</ref> describing the German exile scene, "to bring the rich, scattered and murky experience of exile into epic form",<ref>Cf. Klaus Mann: ''Der Wendepunkt. Ein Lebensbericht''. (1949), Frankfurt am Main 2006, p. 514.</ref> as he wrote in his literary balance sheet. At the same place and in the same year, Anna Seghers published her famous novel {{lang|de|Das siebte Kreuz}} (''[[The Seventh Cross]]'', published in the United States in 1942).

Important exile literature in recent years include that of the Caribbean, many of whose artists emigrated to Europe or the United States for political or economic reasons. These writers include Nobel Prize winners [[V. S. Naipaul]] and [[Derek Walcott]] as well as the novelists [[Edwidge Danticat]] and [[Sam Selvon]].<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1080/14788810.2016.1220790 |title=Forms of Exile: Experimental Self-Positioning in Postcolonial Caribbean Poetry |journal=Atlantic Studies |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=457–471 |year=2016 |last1=Müller |first1=Timo |s2cid=152181840 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Banishment in the Torah]]
* [[Ban (law)]]
* [[Defection]]
* [[Echols County, Georgia]], the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] has at times banished criminals from all of its counties except this one.
* [[Émigré]]
* [[Minus six (exile)|Minus six]]&nbsp;– form of exile in the Soviet Union
* [[Ostracism]]&nbsp;– procedure under the Athenian democracy
* [[Outlawry]]
* [[Penal colony]]
* [[Petalism]]
* [[Porcian Laws]], the Roman laws granting citizens the right to voluntary exile in place of capital punishment
* [[Refugee]]
* [[Right of asylum]] (political asylum)
* [[Shimanagashi]]
* [[:Category:Exiles by nationality]]
* [[:Category:Armies in exile]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite web | title=Rede: Kulturabend Von Verlust und Zuflucht. Exil | website=[[Der Bundespräsident]] | date=23 August 2023 | url=https://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Reden/DE/Frank-Walter-Steinmeier/Reden/2023/08/230823-Kulturabend-Exil.html | language=de | access-date=23 August 2023}}

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* [https://www.berlin1969.com/stories-geschichte/without-a-country/ Without a Country] Varied experiences of American and British exiles in the 20th century.

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