In a story by this author, the title character’s obsessive need to show kindness leads him to stab his dog Esau so he can comfort it while dying. One of this author’s protagonists decides that he is unworthy to commit suicide after failing to find the courage to talk to Anna Reiner. A novella by this author presents a dilemma in which Sita is in love with one man’s body and another man’s head after a supernatural incident of transposed (-5[1])heads. This author of the semi-autobiographical short story “The Clown” also used his own life as the basis for the tormented artist Tonio Kröger. (10[2])The protagonist (10[1])of one of this author’s novellas collapses after attempting to rise to meet the handsome youth Tadzio. For 10 points, name this German novelist of Death in Venice. (10[1])■END■