Question

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 from this country, Aniara. The line “It was (*) before the time of the radio masts” opens a long poem from this country titled for a sea. (10[1])The 26-inch-tall misanthrope Piccolino (10[1])narrates 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, Tomas Tranströmer, and The Dwarf (10[1])author Pär Lagerkvist (”pahr LAH-gerk-vist”). ■END■ (0[2])

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

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Arnav SoodCarnegie MellonMichigan B9910
Danny PeelenPittsburghOhio State A10310
Todd MaslykMichigan AOhio State C13510
Raifton BartlingMichigan StateOhio State B1410
Matthew LamOhio State BMichigan State1410

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y367%0%33%138.00
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y250%0%50%141.00
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y367%0%33%136.50
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%40%0%87.00
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%0%100%129.00
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%0%0%116.67
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y475%0%0%112.33
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y771%14%57%122.00
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y250%0%100%141.00