Question

A poem in this language states, “Mother, I call each star by some beautiful name… Francis Jammes, Rainer Maria Rilke / I call such poets’ names,” and was posthumously published in the collection Sky, Wind, and Stars. A poet who wrote in this language used a pen name meaning “white moon” for a poem beginning, “When you leave, weary of me, without a word, (15[1])I shall gently let you go” and promises to gather an armful of mountain flowers to scatter them in his lover’s path. The poem (*) “Azaleas” was written (10[1])in this language. The line “I believe that humans should be plants” inspired a novel in this language whose homemaker protagonist has dreams of animal slaughter and stops eating meat, (10[1])The Vegetarian. (10[4])For 10 points, name (10[1])this language of poems by Yun Dong-ju and Kim Sowol. ■END■

ANSWER: Korean [or Hangul] (unnamed quotes are from “A Night Counting Stars” and the poet Yi Sang’s notes, respectively)
<Jay Kim, World Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael HundingIllinois AChicago A6315
Shardul ParthasarathyIllinois BNorthwestern A9010
Charles HangWUSTLIndiana A12010
Coby TranChicago BNotre Dame A12210
Jiping FangIllinois CNorthwestern B12210
Joel MilesMinnesotaNotre Dame B12210
Logan MathisSIUEPurdue12210
Nermeen RahmanIndiana BNotre Dame C12610

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y8100%13%0%110.88