Round 9: Tossup 22

A woman created by this author is given white roses by a lover, inspiring her to send him some annually on his birthday. A man created by this author relates how he stole a book from a guard’s coat pocket in solitary confinement, which led him to make objects out of bread and dust. In this author’s only non-posthumous novel, a cavalryman at a party awkwardly asks a paralyzed woman to dance. In a novella by this author, the writer R. learns that he is the father of a dead boy in the title (*) Letter (-5[1])from an Unknown Woman. Books by this author, like the novel Beware of Pity and the memoir The World of Yesterday, inspired The Grand Budapest Hotel. (10[1])A novella by this author (10[1])is set on a cruise ship where Dr. B defeats the grandmaster Mirko Czentovic. For 10 points, what Austrian author wrote The Royal Game, or Chess Story? (10[1])■END■

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