After kicking his son’s friend to death, a character created by this author visits his hunchbacked brother at a monastery while away from his job at a linen factory. An essay by this author that describes his first impression of the Lumière brothers’ cinematograph opens “last night I was in the Kingdom of Shadows.” A character created by this author declares “Man! It has a proud ring to it!” in a monologue on dignity from a play that ends with him complaining “He spoiled the song!” as their singing is interrupted by news from the Baron. At the end of a story by this author, the chamber-maid Tanya has sex with a bread baker, leading to abuse from a group of pretzel-makers. In a play by this author, the cardsharp Satin, the lying Luka, and the alcoholic Actor all live in an old boarding house. (10[1])For 10 points, name this socialist realist author of “Twenty-Six Men and a Girl” and The Lower Depths. ■END■