One of this author’s title characters holds on to the beard of a dwarf for three days in a bid to rescue his bride, who was abducted on their wedding night. Another of this author’s characters goes mad when Parasha’s home is destroyed in a flood, causing him to curse a statue. Vikram Seth’s novel The Golden Gate uses a type of stanza that this poet developed (10[1])for a work whose title character rejects a love letter by a girl (10[1])who later marries Prince Gremin. This poet of Ruslan and Ludmila used himself (10[1])as a model for the character Lensky, who is killed in a duel (10[1])by Tatiana’s (-5[1])love (10[1])interest. For 10 points, name this Russian poet of “The Bronze Horseman” (10[1])and (10[1])Eugene Onegin. ■END■ (10[1]0[2])