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In a short story by this author, a character invents the word “ziuthre” to describe a paper talisman he crafted to ward off hallucinations. The narrator of another of this author’s short stories urinates on a pile of coal dust that trickled down from a crack in the ceiling. The narrator of a novel by this author of “The Room” insists that he and his surroundings are “superfluous” after being left (15[1])at a loss for words by a (*) chestnut tree. (10[2])This author wrote a story in which a man is discovered in a gravedigger’s shack, having had his location accidentally ratted out by political prisoner Pablo (10[1])Ibbieta. (10[1])In a novel by this author, the pedophilic “Self-Taught Man” Ogier P frequents a library visited (10[1])by Antoine Roquentin. For 10 points, name this author of the short story “The Wall,” who also wrote the novel Nausea. ■END■

ANSWER: Jean-Paul Sartre
<Darren Petrosino, European Literature>
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Moses KitakuleColumbia AJHU A7015
Raymond WangCornell ARIT7910
Richard NiuCornell BRutgers7910
Caleb KendrickUMD APitt10510
Eshan PantNYUSwarthmore10610
Patrick TorreUMD BColumbia B12210

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