Question
Michael Hofmann's 2018 translation of Berlin Alexanderplatz from German to this language was the first since 1931. For 10 points each:
[10e] Hofmann and Jenny Erpenbeck shared the 2024 International Booker for his translation of Kairos into what language? The Booker Prize is for novels in this language.
ANSWER: English
[10m] Hofmann's first translation was of a Kurt Tucholsky novel about one of these places. In an unfinished novel, the surveyor K. tries to enter one of these title places, whose bureaucrats include Klamm.
ANSWER: castles [or Schloss or Schlösser; accept Castle Gripsholm or Schloss Gripsholm or The Castle or Das Schloss]
[10h] Hofmann translated The Land of Green Plums, a novel inspired by this author's life in Communist-era Romania. This author wrote The Hunger Angel.
ANSWER: Herta Müller
<Literature - European Literature - Long Fiction>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 41 | 16.83 | 100% | 61% | 7% |