Question

This poet punned on the word “saltmother” in a poem that describes a creature as “daughter of fire, spirit of fire.” A claim to have “slept the dreams of” the title object “that never dreams” and the brief line “Madrid, 1937” (20[2]0[3])appear in a poem (20[1]0[1])by this author of “Salamander.” (20[2])This poet’s translator (20[1])Eliot Weinberger (20[2])worked with him (20[1])on a book of translations (20[1]0[1])of the poem “Deer (0[1])Park,” titled (*) Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei. (10[1]0[3])This poet used the period of Venus as the basis for a poem that repeats the line “willow of crystal, (10[1])a poplar (10[1])of water.” This poet reflected on his country’s culture (10[1])in the essay “The Sons of La Malinche (10[1])(“mah-LIN-chay”)” and (10[1])in the Aztec-inspired poem (10[1])“Sunstone.” (10[1]0[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this (10[1])Mexican author (10[1]0[1])of The Labyrinth of Solitude. (10[2])■END■ (10[8]0[4])

ANSWER: Octavio Paz [or Octavio Paz Lozano]
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2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y3589%29%0%98.23

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