Question
This author reveled in the cruelty of their stories insisting, according to Daniel Balderston, that their “cruelest stories” were chosen first for translation. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this author who described the mysteriously manifesting guilt as the spy Luis befriends the rancher’s son Armando in “The Imposter.” They also wrote “Leopoldina’s Dream.”
ANSWER: Silvina Ocampo
[10e] Silvina Ocampo was from this country and collaborated with her compatriot Jorge Luis Borges on the short story collection The Book of Fantasy.
ANSWER: Argentina [or Argentine Republic or República Argentina]
[10m] Silvina’s sister Victoria founded this landmark Argentinian literary magazine in 1931, which was edited by numerous Argentine literary giants throughout its 61-year run.
ANSWER: Sur [DO NOT accept “El Sur”]
Summary
| 2023 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | Premiere | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Carleton University | Premiere | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Claremont Colleges | Premiere | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Indiana | Premiere | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at RIT | Premiere | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at WUSTL | Premiere | Y | 3 | 6.67 | 67% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Syracuse+Rochester | Cornell MATLAB | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell R | RIT | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |