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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Kyunghwan LimChattahoochee AHeights400
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Rachel EzrielevRichard MontgomeryUniversity Lab400
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Rohan NavaneethaSolonPlymouth4920
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Tanay BodducherlaMira LomaDunbar5220
Arthur GaydenDetroit Country DayHunter A5420
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Martin AmesChattahoochee BMaggie Walker C9710
Brandon TorresCarl SandburgLincoln-Way East10610
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Kaitlyn LeonardBarrington BCarbondale11910
David BertolasiBelvidereHunter B12010
Diane Buffet-MogulMercer CountyMaggie Walker B1200
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Camden WilliamsMexicoNorthmont A13210
Clete ReinbergerCincinnati Hills ChristianSaint Joseph13210
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Ren GiustiNormanMoberly1330
Kaiwen XiaoIrvington AChoate Rosemary Hall13310
Rohan DalalJohns Creek BStevenson A13310
Grace LiuThomas Jefferson BJohns Creek A13310
Miley HentonHoover BRockford Auburn B13310
Joseph HarrisonDetroit Catholic Central CNorthmont B1330
Arjun KalaUniversity LabRichard Montgomery13310
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Mary McVeighJohn Adams BWaukee13310
Vien NguyenMaggie Walker AWoodland13310
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