In a short story by this author, a merchant’s fianceé criticizes him for having a friend with a failing business in St. Petersburg (15[1])who won’t attend their wedding. In that story by this author, after his father lambasts his upcoming marriage to Frieda Brandenfeld and accuses him of wanting him dead, a possible stand-in for this author jumps off a bridge. In another story by this author, an inscription on a covertly low gravestone vows that a man with nameless supporters will (*) rise from the dead. This creator of Georg Bendemann described a soldier competing to lick rice pudding with a man strapped to the Harrow. In that story by this author, an officer who follows the old commandant straps himself into a machine that etches “Be Just” on his back. For 10 points, name this author of “The Judgement” and “In the Penal Colony.” ■END■