Packet 3: Tossup 16

A teacher on Sand Island off the coast of this country yearns for his former pupil Annemari in the novel The Liar, translated by Paul Larkin. In a novella, a dogskin cap and an imposing staff lead a missionary from this country to be nicknamed the White Bear by his Indigenous proselytes. A man from this country who breaks from his religious family to become an engineer is described as “lucky” or “fortunate” in two (-5[1])translations of the novel’s title. (10[1])Two Modern Breakthrough authors from this (10[1])country shared the 1917 (10[1])Nobel (10[1])Prize (10[2])in (-5[1])Literature, while another won in 1944 for his historical novel (10[1])The Fall of the King. (10[1])In a story from this country, Countess Calypso (10[1])von Platen (10[3])and Miss Malin (10[1])Nat-og-Dag (10[2])swap (10[1])stories in a granary (10[1]-5[1])while (10[1])awaiting the end of the title “Deluge at Norderney.” (10[1])For 10 points, what country’s National Canon includes Karen Blixen? ■END■ (10[2])

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