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A poet from this country described “high-tension lines” in one of eleven haikus in a collection that juxtaposes his stroke with the death of Richard Wagner. This country awards East Asian writers with the Cikada Prize, named after a collection by a poet from this country who also wrote about the suicide of the artificial intelligence Mima. An asteroid named in reference to Hiroshima derails a spaceship bound for Mars in that epic poem (15[1])from this country, (-5[1])Aniara. The line “It was (*) before the time of the radio masts” opens a long poem from this country titled for a sea. The 26-inch-tall misanthrope Piccolino (-5[1])narrates (-5[1])a novel from this country, home to the Nobel-winning poet of The Sorrow Gondola and “Baltics.” For 10 points, name this home country of Harry Martinson, (10[2])Tomas Tranströmer, and The Dwarf author (10[1]-5[1])Pär Lagerkvist (”pahr LAH-gerk-vist”). ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: Sweden [or Sverige]
<Darren Petrosino, European Literature>
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