Question

This author discussed a woman who tried to “reconcile illuminism and the Baroque” and was “superior both to her society and her culture” in an essay that describes her world as “closed to the future.” Another essay by this author discusses the phrase “I am your father” and defines a term as “the Mother (-5[1])forcibly opened, violated or deceived.” (10[2])This author returned to the subject of (10[1])the essay “The Conquest and Colonialism” (10[1])in The Traps of (10[1])Faith, (10[3])a (10[2]-5[1])biography (10[5]-5[1])of Sor (10[2])Juana. (10[3]-5[1])This author described (10[1])a “river that goes (10[2])curving, advances (10[1])and (10[1])retreats… (10[2])arriving forever” in a poem based on the Aztec calendar. (10[4])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])name this Mexican author (10[2])of The Labyrinth (10[1])of Solitude, (10[1])who wrote (10[1])about (10[1])a “willow of crystal” and “poplar of water” in the poem “Sunstone.” (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Octavio Paz [or Octavio Paz Lozano]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Natan HoltzmanStanford BStanford A53-5
Raymond WangCornell ACornell B5810
Forrest Weintraub (UG)Columbia ARowan5810
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicKentucky6510
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)JMU B (UG)7110
Enoch YuenImperial AEdinburgh7510
Biyang Zhang (DII)Michigan BMichigan C7610
Eshan Pant (DII)NYU AHaverford7610
Harrison WhitakerCambridge ACambridge B7610
Michael KohnDurham AImperial B77-5
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech B7710
Khushi UmarwadiaSouth CarolinaHarding7710
Ryan SunBerkeley BStanford C7810
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)Liberty C (DII)7810
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)Maryland B (UG)7810
Seth EbnerJohns HopkinsColumbia C78-5
Bryanna ShaoVanderbilt AAlabama7810
Jack LewisMTSUVanderbilt B7810
Simon Zimmerman (DII)Ohio State AMichigan A8010
Andrew HannaPennNYU B8010
Nathaniel HullBerkeley ABerkeley C8110
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)UNC B (UG)81-5
Jisoon YooTexas ASorbonne8110
Omer KeskinOxford AWarwick8110
Kevin ParkClaremont AUBC A8410
Tim MorrisonStanford AStanford B8810
Aidan Jordan (DII)KenyonCedarville8810
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)GWU B (Grad)9010
Roan DowlingIowa ARice A9110
Aswath KaraiMichigan State AAppalachian State9210
Andrei HuiCambridge COxford C9210
Cade ReinbergerRIT BBinghamton10210
Joshua Schmidt (DII)Liberty B (DII)UNC C (UG)10210
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)Maryland C (DII)10210
Truman FillbrandtUW ATexas A&M B10210
Tom Doyle (UG)VassarJohn Jay10410
Ted WarnerBristolKiel10510
Julian BushlowCornell CRIT A10910
Ella WardeOxford BDurham B10910
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)Duke A (UG)11210
Andrew FisherSheffieldKCL11410
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M AIowa B11610
Kristy Lau (DII)Virginia B (UG)UNC D (DII)11710
Carlos DoebeliImperial BDurham A12910
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)William & Mary A (UG)13010
Andre WongColumbia CJohns Hopkins13010