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In a short story by this author, a character invents the word “ziuthre” to describe a paper talisman he crafted to ward off hallucinations. The narrator of another of this author’s short stories urinates on a pile of coal dust that trickled down from a crack in the ceiling. The narrator of a novel by this author of “The Room” insists that he and his surroundings are “superfluous” after being left at a loss for words by a (*) chestnut tree. This author wrote a story in which a man is discovered in a gravedigger’s (10[1])shack, (10[1])having had his location accidentally ratted out by political prisoner (10[1])Pablo Ibbieta. In a novel by this author, the pedophilic “Self-Taught Man” Ogier P frequents a library visited by Antoine Roquentin. (10[1])For 10 points, name this author of the short story “The Wall,” who also wrote the novel Nausea. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Jean-Paul Sartre
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