In a short story by this author, a merchant’s fianceé criticizes him for having a friend with a failing business (15[1])in St. (15[1])Petersburg who won’t attend their wedding. After his father lambasts his upcoming marriage to Frieda Brandenfeld and accuses him of wanting him dead, Georg Bendemann, a possible stand-in for this author, (15[1])jumps off a bridge. In another story by this author, an inscription on an covertly (15[1])low gravestone vows that a man with nameless supporters will (*) rise from the dead. This author 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■