Question

This writer inspired a 2014 installation in the Theseus Temple consisting of two white vitrines filled with irregularly-spaced porcelain vessels. A painting inspired by this writer depicts a golden spiral above a fern painted gold. This writer inspired the artist’s book breath by the potter Edmund de Waal. Eight flames top a staircase in the distance of a painting inspired by this writer, which depicts the menacing archways of a (*) Funeral Hall for soldiers. A 2021 exhibition in the Grand Palais Éphémère (“pa-LAY ay-fay-MAIR”) titled “For” this writer featured a series of monumental sculptures like Poppy and Memory. Lines by this poet are scrawled at the top of a painting in which diagonal streaks of ash are interlaced (10[1]-5[1])with pieces of straw (10[3])that represent the title (10[1])blonde (10[1])woman. (10[4])For 10 points, (10[1])the Anselm Kiefer works Sulamith and Your Golden Hair, (10[1])Margarete pay homage to what Romanian poet of “Death Fugue”? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Paul Celan [or Paul Antschel]
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Summary

2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y13100%0%8%125.54

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Natan HoltzmanLisan al-QuibA Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence115-5
Arya KarthikCharlotte's Moderately Successful Teamwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anything11510
Will AlstonLMM's LLM MLMWe Need New Names11910
Rahul KeyalLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, ChicagoThe Jeam Team11910
Eric BobrowRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: APunished "Venom" BHSU11910
Anuttam Ramjiit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brownBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy12310
Aseem Keyalsticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zoneFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!12410
Kevin WanggenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yetGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer12510
Iain CarpenterAre You There, Chat? It's Me, MargaretSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE12510
Milan FernandezThe Empire Bikes BackLes Missourables12510
Anderson WangI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)var merchants12510
Halle FriedmanThe Oldest Men in the WorldThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see12810
William GoldenThe Dyatlov Passement incidentMindgoblin of Little Hobbes13710
Henry GoffA Nervy Liberal Nanny HenceLisan al-Quib14810