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Hello! I'm having a small problem using dbpedia gem. A snippet like that:

@bio = Dbpedia.search(@author.full_name).collect(&:description)

Should download biography of an author. It does, but it looks like this:

["\n Adam Bernard Mickiewicz) was a Polish poet, publicist and political writer. A prime representative of the Polish Romantic period, he is one of that country's Three Bards and the greatest poet in all Polish literature. He is also considered one of the greatest Slavic and European poets. He has been described as a "Slavic bard". He was a leading Romantic dramatist and has been compared in Poland and in western Europe to Byron and Goethe.\n ", "", "", "\n The Adam Mickiewicz Institute (Polish: Instytut Adama Mickiewicza) is a government-sponsored organization funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland. Its goal is to promote Polish language and Polish culture abroad. It is based in Warsaw. The Institute operates a bilingual Polish-English portal called "culture. pl" created in 2001.\n ", "\n The Mickiewicz Battalion was a volunteer battalion of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. It formed part of the XIII International Brigade from 27 October 1937 until 23 September 1938, when the International Brigades were disbanded. It was named after Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855), a Polish poet and patriot.\n "]

Many escape chars got in the way, and i don't know how to get rid of them. Also, is there any way to get localized data with this gem? Since pl.dbpedia is down, and international one has biopgraphies in Polish, I just dont know how to get to them. Any help would be appreciated.

Also kudos on this great little gem!