Question
A character created by this author dresses up as a surgeon to write a story about triplets being born on a stolen typewriter. This author’s time in the youth communist group Cahuide inspired a novel in which a journalist tries to discover his father’s role in the Odria dictatorship. Santiago Zavala interviews the dogcatcher Ambrosio in the title bar of this author’s novel Conversation in the Cathedral. In a novel by this author, Mario encounters Pedro Camacho, who writes increasingly manic plays for Radio Panamericana, while trying to romance a divorced woman. For 10 points, name this Peruvian author of Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter. ■END■
ANSWER: Mario Vargas Llosa (“var-GASS yo-SAH”) [or Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa; prompt on Vargas or Llosa]
<Literature - World Literature>
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Will Hollister (DII) | Lehigh | Swarthmore B | 105 | 0 |
Vincent Zhang (DII) | Penn | Rutgers | 105 | 10 |